Hi, I’m Dr. Nicole—chiropractor, IBCLC, movement nerd, and self-proclaimed 'Chiro Breastie'. I graduated from Northwestern Health Sciences University in 2023 with my Doctor of Chiropractic degree and an emphasis in sports and rehabilitation, fully convinced that sports and rehab were where my career was headed. Then I started caring for pregnant women, postpartum moms, and babies—and, well... plans changed. I fell in love with supporting women through pregnancy, hearing their birth stories, meeting the babies I’d heard about for months, and being there for all of the *“wait... is this normal?”* moments that come with growing a family. That passion led me to continue my education in perinatal care, become Webster Certified through the ICPA, and continue working toward advanced perinatal certification.

The more moms and babies I cared for, though, the more I realized chiropractic was only one piece of the picture. I wanted to understand more than how a baby’s movement and function fit into the equation—I wanted the education and clinical training to understand and support the whole feeding relationship. So I took my education one step further and, in 2025, became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). That also happened to be the same year I became a mom, which gave me a whole new appreciation for this work. Pregnancy, postpartum recovery, feeding, movement, sleepless nights, and the approximately one million “is this normal?” questions weren’t things I only understood through education and my patients’ experiences anymore. I was living them, too.

Today, I get to bring everything I love together at NurtureCo.—chiropractic, perinatal care, lactation, and functional movement. To me, they aren’t separate pieces. How you move, how you recover, how your baby moves and feeds, and how you feel through all of it are connected. My approach is pretty simple: listen first, look at the whole picture, explain the why, and make sure you feel like an active part of your own care. I’m not interested in creating a cold, clinical experience where you’re simply the next appointment on my schedule. I want you to feel heard, comfortable asking questions, and confident that the person caring for you actually cares about you.

And when I’m not at NurtureCo., I’m a wife to Cameron, mama to my beautiful, Camila, and dog mom to Milan, our miniature dachshund. I’m half Puerto Rican, half Dominican, proudly bilingual, a homebody at heart, and happiest with good food, family, a video game, anime or a good series, a book or podcast, and probably a LEGO set somewhere nearby. I’m emotional, I laugh a lot, I’ll probably tear up hearing your birth story, celebrate the feeding win that felt huge, and remember the little thing you told me three appointments ago. I’ll bring the knowledge, training, and clinical experience—but I’ll always bring Nicole, too. Because I believe really good care can be evidence-informed and knowledgeable while still feeling warm, personal, and completely human.

Because you deserve to know who's holding space for you.

Your Chiro 'breastie'

Meet Dr. Nicole, DC, IBCLC

Training & certificaitons