Julien Malherbe, 12, Elise Heide, 10, and Liam Rockwood, 9, talk to people who volunteer at the DNR's Pocket Park at the U.P. State Fair.
Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.