Nicole, moved to the island in 2007 and has worked as an LPN since then, primarily in end-of-life care. In 2022, Nicole became a certified Recovery Coach allowing her to draw off her variety of lived and professional experiences, including: retail and service industries, office and corporate work, adult entertainment, healthcare, being unstably housed to homeownership, single life to that as a stepmom, a wife and a mother.

Spare time she spends adventuring with her family and friends, dancing, writing, deepening her spirituality and being involved with recovery communities. Nicole has maintained active and continuous sobriety since 2005

For Nicole recovery is about connections- finding connections to others, ourselves, the places we have been and the pathways we want to reach.