Nicole Jackson

Nicole Jackson is an American birder and environmental educator. She co-founded the first Black Birders Week in 2020, is a board member for the Columbus Audubon chapter, and is a former member of the National Parks Conservation Association's Next Generation Advisory Council.

Life She is from Cleveland, Ohio in 201 with a major in Parks, Recreation & Tourism and a focus on environmental education and interpretation. where she works as an educator with urban youth. She worked at North American Association of Environmental Education as a CCC Fellow. She has previously worked as an educator and camp coordinator at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. She is a former member of the National Parks Conservation Association's Next Generation Advisory Council, and has worked with Outdoor Afro, Aldo Leopold Foundation, and Children & Nature Network’s Natural Leaders Network cohort, and North American Association of Environmental Education.

She became interested in birds at Ohio State University when she started working on the Acadian flycatchers and northern cardinals with her advisor Amanda Rodewald.