As a child, Nicole accompanied her mother on many weekend trips to visit cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and great-grandparents, instilling a love of family at a young age. This love grew to include researching and documenting family history. After receiving a B.S. in Sociology from BYU (2016), moving around the world with her Naval officer husband, and having 6 children, she finally realized what she wanted to be when she grew up: a professional genealogist. Nicole received an Associates in Family History Research from Brigham Young University - Idaho (2021) with her specialty in British Isles research, and a Master of Science with Merit in Genealogical, Palaeographic, and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde (2024). She enjoys connecting people with their ancestral roots through research and heritage travel. Her most recently publication included research tips in her article Home Sweet Homeland (Family Tree Magazine - Mar/Apr 2021). She is currently working on becoming a Certified Genealogist through BCG, and one day hopes to participate in military repatriation research. When she isn't researching family lines, she loves to travel, read, camp, and spend lots of time laughing with her family.