She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Humboldt State University in 1996 and her Master of Science degree from San Diego State University in 2000. Her midwifery training was from University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Nicole is trilingual, having skills in English, Spanish and American Sign Language. She has special interest in waterbirth, on which she based her thesis comparing 300 waterbirths with 300 traditional births. Please, read below for her narrative of the call into midwifery.