Nicole is a doctoral student in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Her research focuses on how structural inequities arise through health policy and impact abortion and other reproductive health care access as well as the historical and contemporary role of midwives in birth and abortion care in the United States.
Nicole was awarded the Emerging Scholars grant through the Society of Family Planning for work she is completing that examines the financial impact of accessing abortion care post-Dobbs. Nicole received her M.P.H in Health Policy from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine where she was named a David Satcher Public Health Scholar. Her career goal is to conduct research that increases access and equity to sexual and reproductive health care and achieves reproductive justice for all.
Ms. Quinones is a 2024 AcademyHealth Diversity Scholar.