Nicole Maileen Woo was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She trained in fine art and dance in New York City at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, LaGuardia High School of the Arts, Dance Theater of Harlem and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She graduated from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Art degree in Fine Art. She has trained in photography at the Beijing Film Institute in China and dance at Escola de Dansa in Pelourinho, Brazil. She has worked for the Smithsonian Institute, Alvin Ailey Foundation, Living Stage Theatre Company, Maryland Department of Education, Share Fun English School in Tainan, Taiwan. She currently works for the Hawaii Department of Education and is a member of Dancers Unlimited NYC-HI bi-coastal dance company for a combined 25+ years of teaching, artistic creation, and community building experience.

Since 2021, Nicole has been studying and practicing with the support of Louise Mita, founder, Integrative Quantum Medicine™. Nicole became a Certified Practitioner in 2022 and is currently preparing to become a Certified Instructor of Integrative Quantum Medicine™.