Nicole Brunt is a Research Associate who has been a part of the Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY (PEO) research newsletter since 2003. She has collaborated closely with the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education since 2013. In her role, Nicole works alongside Tom Mortenson and the Pell team, contributing to collecting, organizing, analyzing, and reporting data related to education, demographics, economics, and other aspects of postsecondary education and training opportunities in the United States. Nicole earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication from William Penn University and furthered her education with a master’s degree in Information Analysis and Communications from Fort Hays State University.