Nicole has over a dozen years of experience in corporate real estate strategy and residential development and sales and is licensed real estate professional in North Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC. Her real estate interests focus on middle housing, boutique residential and mixed use development and the design and the acquisition, renovation and preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH).  In her community focused work, Nicole is a change agent and advocate in the affordable housing space, community engagement, equitable development and new urbanism to support less car dependent, walkable and bikeable communities. Impacted by her professional experiences as a Black woman in White centered real estate industry, she founded Roots Consulting, as an effort to coach and consult with peers and colleagues in the industry to educate and understand the history of systematic racial discrimination in land use/acquisition, real estate policies and the impact these policies have on communities of color. Roots Consulting aims to create equity and racial justice allies and advocates to generate sustainable change in the real estate landscape.