Nicola graduated from University College Dublin in 2012. Since graduating she has worked predominantly with performance horses in Ireland, Australia and the U.K. with a focus on surgery, sports medicine, and diagnostic imaging. She completed a three year Senior Clinical Training Scholarship in Equine Surgery and Masters of Veterinary Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College and commenced a position as a Staff Clinician in Equine Surgery in September 2020. In 2021 she gained Diplomate status with the European College of Veterinary Surgery. She was team vet for the Japanese Eventing Team at Tokyo 2020. Her main interests are musculoskeletal pathology, sports medicine, poor performance, upper airways disorders, and laryngeal re-innervation.