Nicole Maxali

Nicole Maxali was born and raised in San Francisco, California. After graduating from high school, she followed her grandparent's advice and decided to pursue her college degree in a more "stable" career: Broadcast Journalism. While still a student, in 2000 Nicole began working at ABC7's Public Affairs Department. There she produced "Filipino-Americans in the Bay Area: Past, Present & Future" and "Local and International Efforts to Stop Sex Trafficking" for ABC's Emmy-nominated Beyond the Headlines. Finding Her Light As a child of a successful samba dancer and a local musician, it didn't take long for Nicole to grow weary of putting her OWN dreams as an artist on hold. In 2005, she quit her job running scripts for highly-stressed news producers and began her journey as a working actor and non-profit humanitarian. Since that first day she stepped out of the newsroom and onto the stage she has evolved creatively and spiritually through various local artistic productions at Bindlestiff