About ME
About ME
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I’m Nicholas—a creative, a builder, and a storyteller who tends to live life with both hands in the work.
My story doesn’t fit into a neat timeline. I’ve gone from hospital rooms and dialysis chairs to kitchens, workshops, studios, and stages. I’ve survived years of dialysis, undergone two kidney transplants, and started over more times than most people ever plan to. “Easy” has never really been on the table. Instead, I’ve learned how to turn hard seasons into raw material for something meaningful.
Right now, baking is the chapter I’m in: artisan breads, plated desserts, and a growing bakery universe that blurs the line between real life and cozy fantasy. But it’s only one thread. I’ve spent years in event production, branding and design, photography and video, audio storytelling, fabrication, and construction. I’m just as comfortable in Adobe Creative Cloud as I am with a sheet pan, a camera, or a welder.
Across all of that, one thing has stayed constant: I don’t create just to make “stuff.” I create to make connection—to give people something to talk about, gather around, remember, and return to. Every project is a small crossroads where story, craft, and community meet.
Whether I’m crafting a loaf of bread, designing visual identities, producing a podcast, or building out the lore of a new world, my goal is simple:
to leave behind work that feels lived-in, honest, and enduring—work that reminds people their story isn’t over yet, either.
2026 Expanding Horizons
2026 Expanding Horizons
Classes
Chocolate Artistry
Pastry & Baking Marketing
Intro to Hospitality & Tourism
Baking/Dessert Production
Front Office Procedures
Beverage Management
Procurement for Hospitality
Experiences/Skills
2025 Mastering the Craft
2025 Mastering the Craft
Classes
Fundamentals of Foods
Baking 1
Menu Design
Legal Issues Hospitality
Baking 2
Petit Fours
Artisan Bread
Nutrition
Baking Science
Cake Decorating
Confectionary
European Cakes & Tortes
Meetings & Event Planning
Plated Desserts
Experiences/Skills
Partnered with local Christian fellowship on NC State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) campus to produce baked goods to raise money for mission trips.
Partnered with local church in Cary, North Carolina to produce baked goods to raise money for mission trips.
Podcast Co-Host for Dialysis: Unfiltered, 2025
Book, Music, and Lyrics for Bedtime Stories: The Musical, 2025
2024 Building Foundations
2024 Building Foundations
Classes
Sanitation and Safety
Human Resources
MIG Welding
Experiences/Skills
Development and Launched a Doubters Club (from the book The Doubter's Club by Preston Ulmer).
2019-2023 Finding Focus
2019-2023 Finding Focus
School
NC State University (Business Administration with a Concentration in Marketing)
Classes
Business Law
Accounting 1
Finance
Intro to Entrepreneurship
Intro to Marketing
Experiences/Skills
Member of a Christian Fellowship on Campus.
In-Person Surveys (Manager) with Survey Monkey
Branding
Marketing
Event Coordinator for Discord
Wood Construction
Moved, Installed, and Repossessed Storage Buildings.
2015-2019 Exploring Mediums
2015-2019 Exploring Mediums
School
Sampson Community College (Associates in Arts & Science, 2019)
Future Media Concepts (Advanced Photoshop Class, 2018)
Classes
World Religion
Brief Calculus
HVAC
Experiences/Skills
Cinematography
Editing
Foley
Voiceover
Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Steel Stud
Sheetrock
Snap Stone Tile Work
Plumbing/Sewage
Adobe InDesign CC
Script Writing
Marketing/Event/Development Officer for the Sampson Community College (SCC) Drama Club, 2016-2017.
Member of Sampson Community College (SCC) SGA, 2015-2016.
2010-2015 Finding My Voice
2010-2015 Finding My Voice
School
Clinton High School (High School Diploma, 2012)
Classes
Theater 1, 2, 3, & Technical
Cooking 1 & 2
Experiences/Skills
Stage Manager
Back Stage Hand
Invoicing
Retail
Sales (In-person & Cold Calls)
Screen-printing
Embroidery
Laser Engraving
Decal Vinyl & Digital Sign/Banners
Graphic Designing
Web Designing (HTML & CSS)
Logo Design
Adobe Illustrator CS2 (Currently CC)
Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Currently CC)
Photography
Raised goats and pigs on a family farm.
Oil Pastel Painting
Pencil Sketches
*Can not discuss further specifics regarding work due to pending NDA agreements.
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