I resigned from the Austin Community College Board to work full time for the Texas Association of Community Colleges as the Director for the Community College Association of Texas Trustees (CCATT), an independent membership organization representing more than 400 elected trustees and regents across the state's 50 public community college districts. I am excited to be more engaged in this important work!
Board Service
Prior to January 2022
Austin Community College Board of Trustees, Place 5
Elected at-large by the ACC taxing district for a six-year term: November 2016 - November 2022
Elected Board Secretary in December 2020
Community College Association of Texas Trustees (CCATT) Board of Directors, Director Representing Very Large Colleges
Elected by CCATT membership in June 2019; Re-elected in September 2021
Appointed by the Chair of the Board of Directors to the CCATT Legislative Committee
Austin Community College Foundation Board, Ex-Officio Member
Appointed by Gigi Edwards Bryant, Chair of the Austin Community College Board of Trustees, in August 2019
Member of the Bylaws Committee, summer 2021
Prior experience
Teaching Assistant, Department of Government at the University of Texas - August 2021 - January 2022
Policy Fellow, JFF (Texas’s Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative) - August 2020 - August 2021
Postsecondary Preparation Programs Intern, Texas Education Agency - September 2019 - July 2020
Higher Education Policy Fellow, Texas Aspires Foundation - June 2019 - August 2019
Policy Intern, Texas Aspires Foundation - January 2019 - May 2019
Operations Division Intern, United States Copyright Office - June 2018 - July 2018
Student Teacher, 2nd Grade, Round Rock Independent School District - September 2017 - December 2017
Construction Management Department Intern, Austin Independent School District - October 2016 - December 2016
Futures Institute Member, Austin Community College - August 2015 - May 2016
Business Financial Administrator, Advantage Solutions - May 2015 - August 2016
Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society Chapter Officer, Austin Community College - December 2014 - December 2016
Honors Program Presenter, Austin Community College - February 2014 - May 2015
Pharmacy Technician, Walgreen's - June 2013 - July 2015
Events & Presentations
March 2024 - Hosted CCATT’s hybrid Trustee Leadership Seminar at Odessa College in Odessa, TX; Presented a working draft of the Data-Informed Governance Decision-Making Framework for Community College Boards
February 2024 - Attended the Texas Success Center’s Board of Trustees Institute in Lakeway, TX
February 2024 - Attended Achieving the Dream’s Annual DREAM Conference in Orlando, FL
February 2024 - Directed Texas Delegation activities at the Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C.
January 2024 - Hosted CCATT’s hybrid New Trustee Orientation in Austin, TX
December 2023 - Attended the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Higher EDge Conference in Austin, TX
November 2023 - Hosted CCATT’s hybrid Trustee Leadership Seminar at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TX
November 2023 - Attended the Texas Success Center’s Talent Strong Texas Pathways Institute
October 2023 - Presented at the Association of Community College Trustees Annual Leadership Congress in Las Vegas, NV on Restructuring State Appropriations to Empower Community College Success
September 2023 - Hosted CCATT’s Annual Conference in Fort Worth, TX with the theme of Inspiring Innovation: Community College Governance for the Future
June 2023 - Hosted CCATT’s hybrid Trustee Leadership Seminar at South Texas College in McAllen, TX
April 2023 - Attended the Texas Success Center’s Texas Pathways Institute
March 2023 - Attended SXSW EDU in Austin, TX
February 2023 - Attended the Texas Success Center’s Board of Trustees Institute in Lakeway, TX
February 2023 - Directed Texas Delegation activities at the Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C.
January 2023 - Hosted CCATT’s first hybrid New Trustee Orientation in Austin, TX
December 2022 - Attended the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Annual Leadership Conference in Austin, TX
November 2022 - Hosted CCATT’s Trustee Leadership Seminar at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, TX
November 2022 - Attended the Texas Success Center’s Texas Pathways Institute
October 2022 - Attended the Association of Community College Trustees Annual Leadership Congress in New York City, NY
September 2022 - Hosted CCATT’s first hybrid Trustee Leadership Seminar at Amarillo College in Amarillo, TX
August 2022 - Attended the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) Higher Education Policy Conference in Indianapolis, IN
June 2022 - Hosted CCATT’s Annual Conference in Houston, TX with the theme of Focus Forward: Community College Governance & Strategic Planning
February 2022 - Attended the Texas Success Center’s Board of Trustees Institute in San Antonio, TX
February 2022 - Directed Texas Delegation activities at the Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C.
December 2021 - Attended the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Annual Leadership Conference in Austin, TX
November 2021 - Attended the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) Higher Education Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
October 2021 - Attended the Association of Community College Trustees Annual Leadership Congress along with other members of the ACC Board of Trustees in San Diego, CA
September 2021 - Attended the Community College Association of Texas Trustees Annual Conference, where she was reelected to her position on the Board of Directors representing very large-sized colleges
May 2021 - Panelist for the Texas Success Center’s webinar “Monitoring What Matters”, a conversation about trustees gaining a better understanding of students’ experience by regularly reviewing key data
February 2021 - Attended the virtual Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Summit
June 2020 - Attended the virtual JFF Horizons Conference
February 2020 - Attended the Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Summit along with other members of the ACC Board of Trustees in Washington, D.C.
December 2019 - Congratulated students at ACC’s Fall Commencement Ceremony
December 2019 - Participated in the Joint Legislative Committee meeting between TACC, CCATT, & TCCTA in Houston
December 2019 - Delivered the keynote speech at the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction Ceremony for ACC students in the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter
November 2019 - Panelist at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Annual Leadership Conference about “What I Wish I Had Known as a New Governing Board Member”
September 2019 - Part of the ACC President’s Podcast titled “Implementing Guided Pathways for Student Success”
June 2019 - Attended the Community College Association of Texas Trustees Annual Conference, where she was elected to a position on the Board of Directors representing very large-sized colleges
May 2019 - Congratulated students at ACC’s Spring Commencement Ceremony
April 2019 - Spoke at the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction Ceremony for ACC students in the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter
April 2019 - Delivered greetings at the annual meeting of the Alpha Gamma Pi Alumni Association
April 2019 - Testified in front of the Texas House Higher Education Committee in favor of House Bill 3652 regarding the establishment of a Texas Repository of Open Educational Resources
February 2019 - Attended the Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Summit along with another member of the ACC Board of Trustees in Washington, D.C.
January 2019 - Participated in Community College Day at the Texas Capitol
December 2018 - Congratulated students at ACC’s Fall Commencement Ceremony
December 2018 - Attended the Austin/Travis County 2-Generation Strategic Plan Launch Event by United Way for Greater Austin
December 2018 - Spoke at the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction Ceremony for ACC students in the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter
November 2018 - Attended the Texas Higher Education Leadership Conference
September 2018 - Attended ACC’s General Assembly
August 2018 - Attended the Association of Community College Trustees Governance Leadership Institute in Washington, D.C.
May 2018 - Congratulated students at ACC’s Spring Commencement Ceremony
May 2018 - Spoke at the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction Ceremony for ACC students in the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter
April 2018 - Spoke on a panel at the Youth in Politics event at the Eastview Campus, hosted by ACC's Center for Public Policy and Political Studies
April 2018 - Delivered the keynote speech at the annual meeting of the Alpha Gamma Pi Alumni Association
January 2018 - Spoke at the ACC Government Department meeting about the 2016 campaign and the unique experience of being a young trustee
December 2017 - Congratulated students at ACC’s Fall Commencement Ceremony
December 2017 - Spoke at the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction Ceremony for ACC Students in the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter
November 2017 - Attended the Texas Higher Education Leadership Conference, where ACC was recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as a Star Award recipient
May 2017 - Graduated from Austin Community College with an Associate of Arts Degree in General Studies; Gave greetings on behalf of the student body at the commencement ceremony
May 2017 - Spoke at the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction Ceremony for ACC students in the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter
April 2017 - Delivered the keynote speech at the ceremony for ACC students being inducted to the National Adult Education Honor Society
February 2017 - Attended the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) State Conference in Austin, Texas
February 2017 - Attended the Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Summit along with other members of the ACC Board of Trustees in Washington, D.C.
January 2017 - Participated in Community College Day at the Texas Capitol
December 2016 - Congratulated students at ACC’s Fall Commencement Ceremony
December 2016 - Sworn in as a member of the Austin Community College District Board of Trustees
November 2016 - During the general election for ACC Board of Trustees, received 134,684 votes, 51 percent of total votes in a three-way race for Place 5
October 2016 - Attended the New Politics Forum event, Civic Life in the Cyber Age, hosted at the University of Texas by the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life
October 2016 - Taught a workshop on "Leading With Goals" at the Phi Theta Kappa Texas Leadership Conference in Marshall, Texas
September 2016 - Volunteered at the Constitution Debate Day Celebration at the Palmer Events Center, hosted by ACC Student Government Association and the Center for Public Policy and Political Studies
September 2016 - Spoke as a candidate for ACC's Board of Trustees at the ACC AFT Candidate Forum, the Adjunct Faculty Association Retreat, the Austin Tejanos Democrats endorsement meeting, and the Austin League of Women Voters Candidate Forum
August 2016 - Along with other Phi Theta Kappa officers and advisors, held a meeting with Provost Dr. Charles Cook to discuss the launch of Provisional Membership with ACC's chapter of the Honor Society
August 2016 - Volunteered at ACC's General Assembly, Navigating the Future
July 2016 - Collaborated with students from Grayson College to lead the College Project workshop at the Phi Theta Kappa Texas Honors Institute in Nacagdoches, Texas
July 2016 - Met with the Provost and other representatives from ACC's chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and the Student Government Association to discuss the Achieving the Dream grant funding for the development of Open Educational Resources (OER)
June 2016 - One of the two ACC students to attend the Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Institute in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
May 2016 - Elected by the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa to serve as the College Project Officer for the fall semester
April 2016 - Attended the Phi Theta Kappa International Convention in National Harbor, Maryland along with eight other chapter officers from ACC
March 2016 - Assisted Angie Diaz-Miranda De La Rosa in leading the Futures Institute Open Forum at the Riverside Campus
February 2016 - Inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Texas Regional Hall of Honor at the Texas Regional Convention
January 2016 - Nominated by ACC's Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa for the Distinguished Officer Hallmark Award
December 2015 - Presented along with other members of the Futures Institute about overall recommendations for ACC to restructure to the guided pathways model
December 2015 - Elected by the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa to serve as the President for the spring semester
November 2015 - Presented along with other members of the Futures Institute about what was gained from the site visits
October 2015 - Attended ACC's Strategic Planning Retreat
October 2015 - Traveled to Chicago, Illinois with other members of the Futures Institute for a site visit at the City Colleges of Chicago
August 2015 - Attended Futures Institute kick-off and retreat
August 2015 - Attended ACC's General Assembly
July 2015 - Invited to be a member of the ACC Futures Institute
May 2015 - Elected by the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa to serve as the College Project Officer for the fall semester
April 2015 - Finalist for International Office with Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society at the International Convention in San Antonio, Texas. As a Finalist for International Office Nicole gave a speech in front of the general assembly of over 3,800 people.
February 2015 - Spoke on a student panel at the Texas Student Success Council meeting
February 2015 - Participated in Community College Day at the Texas Capitol
December 2014 - Elected by the Alpha Gamma Pi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa to serve as the Vice President Representing the Rio Grande Campus for the spring semester
October 2014 - Inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
January 2013 - Led the Pledge of Allegiance and spoke at the TIVA Conference in Austin, TX as a student representative from SkillsUSA