About Nicholas

My passion for fostering children's growth led me to work as a Teen Permanency Caseworker and Family Engagement Meeting Facilitator at the Department of Human Services for the State of Oregon. During my time at DHS, I mentored, guided, and supported teens and adolescents ages 10 through 18. I played a crucial role for these children, providing them a safe space to express themselves freely and learn how to create healthy relationships, gain skills to be independent, and maintain healthy boundaries for themselves as well as respecting others. I see myself as a big brother, finding it important for youth to have healthy men to look up to. Not only do I have a passion for the healthy development and care of children, but my wife holds a M. Ed in Early Childhood Education and worked as a Montessori teacher and is a Birth Doula! We have a shared love of the Montessori philosophy and way of raising children to be independent, respectful citizens of the world.