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Honoring and expressing gratitude to Nicole Bartlett for her work helping grieving families cope with loss and mentoring young women in Philadelphia and across the country, on the occasion of Women's History Month.
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WHEREAS, Nicole Bartlett was raised in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia by two amazing parents, Carol and the Late Pastor George E. Junious. Nicole graduated from Little Flower High School for Girls in 1993. Her family experienced an unimaginable tragedy when they lost her little brother, Ruffin Lassiter, to a car accident. Even as she worked through her grief, Nicole had to work to stay in school and paid her way through her last year by working at El Greco's Pizza, where she had become a store manager at age 15; and
WHEREAS, Nicole's dream was to attend New York University, but due to her parents' financial hardship, she was unable to. She enrolled at Community College of Philadelphia and worked at Roxborough Memorial Hospital as a Patient Service Associate to pay for her way through college, eventually graduating with an associate's degree; and
WHEREAS, While always keeping God first, Nicole felt she had to do more. Nicole worked at InterAc Community and Woods Services administering care to people living with disabilities. She began at NCO Financial Systems in 1997 as a customer services representative, where she was promoted to Supervisor within a year and Project Manager the following year. At 25, she was the youngest Black woman to hold a Project Manager position at NCO. Nicole left NCO in 2006 to start daycare and childcare services. Nicole married her husband, Darren Bartlett, in 2007. Together, they started two more daycares; and
WHEREAS, Throughout it all, Nicole kept thinking about her experience of losing her brother Ruffin, and the terrible trauma her family struggled through without help or guidance. Nicole then attended Mercer County Community College and graduated in 2013 with Honors; she was presented with the F...
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