Nicole Oke is an award winning children’s book author, mother, and member of the wildland firefighting community. She is based in Boise, Idaho where she works at the National Interagency Fire Center and spends her spare time helping to build tomorrow's leaders as a Girl Scout volunteer. Nicole is a champion for social emotional intelligence and as a parent of two girls with big emotions she understands the importance of teaching children the skills they need to identify, process, and regulate emotions. Her debut bestselling book, Penny Panda and the Gift of Possibility, was the first in a series of books that provide children and parents with the tools to talk about emotions and emotional skills that will last them a lifetime!