Ivy Nichols is a resident of Richardson, TX. Her home school education gave her a lifelong love of learning. During high school she was actively involved in Youth & Government. In college, she was a Hatton W. Sumners scholar, participating in several international Model United Nations conferences. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Howard Payne University with a Bachelor of Arts in Public and Media Communication, International Political Science, and the Guy D. Newman Honors Academy. Biblical Languages was her minor. Studying abroad in Austria, gave her the opportunity to learn about several different European cultures before interning in Dallas with the National Center for Policy Analysis. She currently has an Etsy store named Goldberry’s Cottage, where she markets and sells her handmade jewelry both online and at local art festivals.