"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." - Michaelangelo

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Meet Nicole

Nicole is a researcher at the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute and the President and Founder of the Caribbean Education Initiative (CEI). Born and raised on the island of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, Nicole holds a deep pride for her home and her native Caribbean culture and she showcased that pride as a national team swimmer competing worldwide. These travels allowed her to broaden her global perspective and inspired her to become more involved with community development and the protection of human rights worldwide. She holds a BA Humanities Honors degree with concentrations in Economics, Politics and Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin where she also completed an honors thesis that focused on Social Enterprise as a tool for Economic Development in Latin America. Finally, she has been a student advisor for Yele Haiti and the WFP Universities Fighting World Hunger.

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