Bio
Nicole is a community- and movement-centered lawyer whose work has consistently been grounded in partnership with students, families, educators, organizers, and grassroots groups to advance racial and educational justice.
Nicole started her career clerking for Judge Pregerson on the Ninth Circuit and serving as a Skadden Fellow at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA, focused on education rights for low-income API students. She spent almost 10 years at AAAJ, focusing on workers’ rights, housing justice, and other civil rights issues, including the Harvard affirmative action cases. She then worked at Public Advocates on K-12 education equity litigation and advocacy, and most recently managed all five program teams at Asian Law Caucus.
