Her Story
About Nicole
Nicole RolonCaro is the founder of Emerging Adulthood, a coaching practice she established four years ago after a decade teaching high school behavior. She works with neurodivergent clients and families to create individualized funnels and plans focused on transition services, social skills, and future development to support the move into adulthood. RolonCaro holds a Master's in Advanced Study of Special Education and maintains certification in Special Education spanning Pre-K through adulthood. She is a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Salina and eWomen Network, and was nominated for Teacher of the Year in Special Education in 2018. RolonCaro attributes her success to the legacy of her father, who modeled helping others, and she places the highest value on relationships and communication in both her professional and personal life.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Nicole
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would say my success comes from the legacy of my dad. My dad was a big coach for helping others, and I always saw it. And he also helped me a lot, too, going through adulthood. It was a struggle bus, still is, but, you know... But he gave me a lot of good teaching points, and I saw him always wanting to help others, even when he was working at his own job and he wasn't necessarily we coach. Like, he's not a coach, he was an accountant, but he would always coach others. Any chance he got. So, I really took what he did, and I took what I know, and I kind of meshed them, I kind of forged them together.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
I would say the most recent thing that came to mind would be... that there's enough for everybody. No one is... should... no one should be trying to bring down anybody else, and if anything, look at it as a learning opportunity for yourself.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
To just become a sponge. Let it all soak in. If you've never been... if you've never been in business before, but you want to be a business owner, I would say. Sitting down and just really. Taking it. In, and everyone has something that you can grab onto. And then just keep exploring. Go in there, dive deep, and then keep reading, you know, find the books that are out there, find the business strategists out there, and talk with everybody.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I would say the biggest challenges is families know that I exist. You know, there's still so many people who are like, oh, I wish I knew that you were around, like, a few years ago, or, you know, just like, oh, where you been? I wish that someone told us about you, you know, like, right when they graduated from high school, you know, so that was... I would say that's my biggest challenge for my biggest success. is when we're kind of finishing up some of our phases, and I have a... You know, [AGE] who is out of their, you know, finished school, or finished whatever, their trade school, whatever, and they're able to independently live on their own. Be successful in their own way, you know, ask questions when they need to, but they build a good funnel and communication pattern with their families to know, like, they're not there to get them, they're there to help them and build, like, a better, positive environment for everybody.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
The relationships, the communication, that's my biggest, biggest piece.
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