About Kim-Marie Nicols

Kim Marie Nicols has extensive experience working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people, primarily in the fields of social work and education. She is fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) and is a Massachusetts State Screened Oral Interpreter. She joined Hearing Care Center in December 2007, job sharing with long-time associate Phyllis T. Cohen.

Kim Marie's previous job was at the EDCO Collaborative's Mainstream Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing middle school students in Newton, MA, where she was a School Counselor for five years. Prior to that position, Kim Marie served for thirteen years as the Boston Case Manager at the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She has also worked at the New England Home for the Deaf, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and The Learning Center for Deaf Children. For several years, Kim Marie was a part-time therapist with Ione G. Milner, through the Psychotherapy Collaborative at Hearing Care Center.

Her educational training has focused on people with hearing loss. She earned a Master of Educational Administration and Supervision at the National Leadership Training Program in the Field of Deafness at California State University at Northridge. She also has a Master of Social Work degree from Boston College, specializing in Clinical Social Work with the Hearing Impaired.

Kim Marie has a busy home and community life with her husband Cliff and their two daughters, Parlee and Jenny. She is active in her daughters' elementary school, local politics, Needham Community Theatre, and Charles River Church. She enjoys playing European board games, gourmet dining, and attending the theatre.