Nic is a teacher, artist, and choreographer from Palm Beach County, FL. He is co-founder of Swordfish Stage Combat Workshops and co-director of Heroes-for-Hire, a company offering stage violence design and instruction. Over the past decade Nic's work has been seen in professional Florida based theatre houses such as, Florida Grand Opera, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Arts Garage, Main Street Playhouse, and Shakespeare Miami. A passionate educator, Nic regularly travels to China developing arts integration curriculum, sharing language learning technique, and continuing his life long journey of martial arts training.

In 2009 Nic was awarded with the Randolph A. Frank Prize for the Performing Arts as "Upcoming Artist to Watch".