Nicole is an actor, director, teaching artist, and fight director hailing from the suburbs of Chicago. She holds a Bachelors in Theatre Arts: Directing from Illinois State University. Nicole has been studying the art of staged violence with the Society of American Fight Directors and Dueling Arts International since 2008 and has had the great honor of assisting instructors Paul Dennhardt and John Tovar at the university level, along with many other world-class instructors at a workshop level.

Since then, Nicole has made the move to Milwaukee where she has had the great opportunity to work with local theater companies including the Constructivists, Acacia Theatre Company, Next Act Theatre, Renaissance Entertainment Productions, the Florentine Opera, and the Milwaukee Rep. Nicole is focused on bringing accessible fight direction development and stage combat training opportunities to the Southeastern WI and Greater MKE area through MKE Fight Family, a community of movement professionals dedicated to collaborative training, mutual support, and accountability for safe and effective theater practices.

Currently, Nicole is living in Milwaukee where she teaches stage combat with her long time colleague and mentor Christopher Elst. She is focused on bringing development and training opportunities to Southeastern WI and the Greater MKE area.