Aug 12, 2021
Nicole is a Panamanian-American,
workforce development specialist, published author of Game On! Relentlessly Pursue Your Dreams and
the 101 Note-taking Affirmation Journal Series, motivational speaker, blogger podcast host of From The Suggestion Box; Navigating Feedback
The Good The Bad and the Say Whaaatttt??? and dancer.
She earned her Bachelor's degree via a Division I full-ride track
scholarship. After graduating, she founded Step It Up! Inc., a
non-profit dance organization. Her experience in sports and
entertainment, radio, TV and the performing arts has spanned nearly
20 years covering the Chicago, Houston and Miami markets. She has
danced and cheered for four Professional and Semi-Professional
sports teams, has prepared more than 500 interns to enter the
workforce and has inspired
crowds upwards of 2000. She
was a contributing writer for The Life of a Single Mom for two years and in October 2020 she was
awarded an Emerging Leader Award from Alive Impact Awards for
Volunteer Engagement Professionals and in November 202 joined the
Board of the Association for Leaders In Volunteer Engagement.
In 2019, She joined the Board of the Arts and Business Council of
Miami, was listed as one of
WLRN’s “Local Women Who
Inspire You” and was
selected as one of Legacy Miami’s Most Prominent and Influential Black Women In
Business and Industry of 2019.