Nicole has experience working in International Organizations, private foundations and corporations. Nicole attained her BA from the School of International Service at the American University of Washington, DC, and an MA in International Relations from the London Centre of the University of Kent at Canterbury of the UK. More recently, she completed the Yale School of Public Health’s Climate Change and Health Certificate Program.

Nicole is joining WRI after working with the US Executive Director Office at the IDB where she pivoted into that role after working for the Climate Change Division. Nicole previously was IDB staff for ten years working in several positions throughout the three financing windows of the IDB. Her last position focused on tracking operation approvals and institutional reforms as well as spearheading internal events and communications related to equity and Climate Change for the Office of the US Executive Director anchored to the Biden - Harris Administration’s initiatives.

Nicole’s family includes her partner, two children, and lots of extended family from both Paraguay and Italy. They enjoy traveling, going to the beach, learning languages and making art in their free time.