Nicole was raised on the central coast of California. She attended the University of California at Santa Barbara and earned a B.A. in Psychology and minored in Education and Applied Psychology. Upon graduating, she moved to Los Angeles where she worked with children with autism as a behavior therapist. While working, Nicole went back to school and earned her M.A. degree in Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services credential from Loyola Marymount University. She began her counseling career on the central coast of California where she worked at 5 different high schools and a middle school as an intervention counselor, student support counselor and drug and alcohol counselor. She then worked at Da Vinci Design as a counselor for several years before moving to Tusa, Oklahoma. She spent 3 years as a school counselor in a large traditional high school while in Tulsa. In 2020, she moved back to California and LA and rejoined the DVD team! In her spare time Nicole enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and working out!
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