Nichol Higdon wuxuu ku biiray McKnight horraantii 2020 isagoo ah madaxweyne ku xigeenka maaliyadda iyo hawlgallada. Nichol wuxuu kormeeraa maaliyadda McKnight, kheyraadka aadanaha, macluumaadka iyo tignoolajiyada, u hoggaansanaanta, iyo xarumaha iyo waaxaha adeegyada martida.
Intii ay ku jirtay shaqadeeda, Nichol waxa ay muujisay xirfad weyn iyo guul ay ku abuurayso nidaamyo horseeda waxtarka iyo saamaynta urureed qoto dheer. Muddo 12 sano ah, waxay qabatay doorar hoggaamineed sare oo u adeegaya YMCA-yada, kuna takhasustay agabka aadanaha, hawlgallada, lacag ururinta, iyo guddiga iyo ka-qaybgalka bulshada. Kahor inta aysan ku biirin McKnight, waxay ahayd madaxweyne ku xigeenka hawlgallada iyo agaasimaha fulinta ee YMCA ee Magaalooyinka Mataanaha Weyn. Intaa ka hor, waxay ahayd madaxweyne ku xigeenka sare ee hawlgallada iyo sarkaalka hawlgelinta ee YMCA ee Greater Hartford, iyo madaxweyne ku xigeenka fulinta ee hawlgallada iyo sarkaalka sare ee shaqaalaha YMCA ee Greater Cleveland.
Nichol waxa uu JD ka haystaa Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, iyo BA ee maamulka ganacsiga oo xoogga saaraya khayraadka bini'aadmiga ee Jaamacadda David N. Myers. Waxay ka soo shaqeysay Ciidamada Badda Mareykanka oo ah E-4 Sarkaalka Petty Fasalka Saddexaad. Waxay sidoo kale ahayd hogaamiye firfircoon nolosha madaniga ah, iyada oo si mutadawacnimo ah ula shaqaynaysa Kulliyada Cleveland-Marshall ee Qaanuunka Alumni Association ee Guddiga Wacyigelinta Dadka laga tirada badan yahay; Machadka Benjamin Rose ee guddiga agaasimayaasha; iyo Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.