After becoming politicised as a student at Sussex University, Nicola began working in Community Arts, using video to give people a voice in a number of community settings, particularly focusing on working with those with learning and physical disabilities, and producing with them the groundbreaking Whose Disability? and Deaf Terrorists Vs The Hearing World  (of which we have so far been unable to find a copy). She went on to join the BBC, becoming an award-winning producer/director in documentaries before leaving for a freelance career working in a number of formats where her core interest is still encouraging the making of programmes/films with people rather than about people.