A native of the rural suburbs of Philadelphia, Nicole moved to Pittsburgh in 2007 for college where she studied English Literature, Philosophy, and Women’s/Gender Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. While those topics still remain important in her life, she has been working in the hospitality industry, pursuing her passion of wine as the bar and front of house manager at Senti restaurant, an upscale Italian restaurant, and wine bar in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville— the neighborhood where she also lives with her wife, Marissa, their Shiba Inu, Jack, and their two cats, Cleopatra and Anyanka. She loves Italian and French wine,  Star Wars (yes, all of them), Doctor Who, and cooking for her friends and family.