Mr. Nicholls is the liaison for the following schools:

 

Forest View Elementary
Garfield Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary
Jackson High
North Middle
Whittier Elementary

Mr. Nicholls earned his BA in Psychology at University of California, Los Angeles, and received his Masters of Social Work from the University of Southern California. He specializes in working with survivors of trauma, persons with chronic mental illness and substance use disorders, as well as crisis intervention as a licensed clinical social worker. Prior to pursuing higher education, Mr. Nicholls spent over 9 years in the US Army Reserve as a Civil Affairs Specialist, Team Leader, and Korean linguist. He was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and is a combat veteran. Currently, he works as a research social worker at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System’s NW MIRECC.
 

Mr. Nicholls is actively involved with several veterans groups and nonprofits in the greater Puget Sound including Minority Veterans of America, Veterans Rites, IAVA, and the King County Veterans Consortium. He is on the steering committees for the Forefront Suicide Prevention “Safer Homes, Suicide Aware” initiative at the University of Washington School of Social Work and Path with Art’s Veterans Initiative. He and his wife have two young boys.