She earned a Bachelors Degree in Education from the University of Vermont and her Masters Degree in Curriculum & Instruction with a focus on Reading & Writing from Teachers College, Columbia University. She presented her Masters research at the International Conference of Teacher Research, Chicago (2007) and New York (2008) and was a 2014 Governor's Teacher Recognition Nominee. Before joining the teaching staff at Haworth, Nicole worked with children with autism in Applied Behavioral Analysis programs in New Jersey. Nicole is trained through the Teachers College Reading and Writing project and continues to advance her professional practice in math, literacy, curriculum development, technology, classroom management, and teacher peer coaching.