A California native, Nicole attended Los Altos High School where she performed in the Main Street Singers, a choral group that travels internationally each year with over fifty performances in total.

Nicole has appeared in the chorus of the San Jose Lyric Theater Opera as well She also was a member of a local theater, Peninsula Teen Opera, for four years and sung the roles of Susanna from “The Marriage of Figaro”, Euridice from “Orfeo e Euridice”, and Dido from “Dido and Aeneas” along with several other characters from various opera scenes.

In 2009 Nicole participated in the Boston University Tanglewood Institute for the Young Vocalists’ program.

This past summer she attended the Saarburg Festival in Germany where she performed in several concerts.

This fall she is beginning her bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.