Nicole is a former professional ballroom dancer with several national and world titles. These include being ranked Top 5 in the country at the United States National Amateur Dance Sport Championships and Top 5 at the Embassy Ballroom World Championships. After leaving her competitive ballroom dance career, she became a certified wheelchair ballroom dance instructor with the American Dance Wheels Foundation (ADF), and launched their disability advocacy initiative. Through lectures and performances, she uses this art form to engage in advocacy for people with disabilities. She has showcased this art form across the country and internationally including at academic medical centers, hospitals and rehabilitation centers, the Pan American Games Closing Ceremony, the US National Dance Sport Championships, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in NYC.