Nicole E. Cabrera Salazar was born in Santiago, Chile and grew up in Miami, Florida. Now an astronomy Ph.D. student at Georgia State University, Nicole spends part of her time collaborating with the Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics of Grenoble (IPAG) in France. Nicole is also a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and the Chateaubriand Fellowship, which allow her to continue her international research.

Nicole is dedicated to science advocacy, public education & outreach, and science communication. She believes in making science fun and interesting for everyone, and that science education makes for an empowered and informed society.

As an advocate for equity and inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), she also believes that everyone should have access to science regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, or socioeconomic status.