Nicole is the Director of Research and Economic Policy at Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network (HCAN). She focuses on the economic empowerment of Hawai‘i's families and children through tools such as the state budget, tax credits for working families, and food security. She has over two decades of policy and research experience looking into childhood hunger, work-family support strategies, wages and economic inequality, and tax and budget policies, at non-profit organizations and think tanks in New York City; Washington, DC; Bangalore, India; and Hawaii. Nicole received her B.A. from Harvard University, where she concentrated in Government.
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