Nicole holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Yale University and an M.A. in Sociology and Education from Columbia Teachers College. She spent over ten years working in college admissions and continues part-time while writing her second novel.

Nicole writing explores Black American identities in our ever evolving world. Her short fiction won the 2024 Black Warrior Review Fiction Prize (issue 51.2) and was named a finalist for the CRAFT 2024 Short Fiction Prize. Her first creative nonfiction essay, There is a Police Officer in my Foyer, was published with midnight & indigo. Her work is supported by Bread Loaf and Tin House.

She serves on the Inprint Houston Advisory Board, a local non-profit that promotes the literary arts community across the city.