Nicole Fisher is a current PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina in the Health Policy and Management Department. She also currently writes health care policy for the John Locke Foundation. Before joining the Locke Foundation she worked on several North Carolina Senate and House campaigns and carried out health care research with an emphasis on women and children’s issues. She also sits on several Boards for health related nonprofit organizations in North Carolina and Illinois.

Before pursuing her PhD in health policy Nicole obtained her Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri.