Nicole's love of all-things-space began in middle school when she wrote to NASA asking about how to become an astronaut; she has been an avid space enthusiast and amateur astronomer ever since. She is now a high school Earth and Space Science teacher and is able to share that enthusiasm with her students, inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, and space explorers. Nicole enjoys teaching others about meteorites and impact craters, astrobiology and the early history of Earth, past and current missions to other planetary bodies in our Solar System, and how to navigate the night sky.