Biography

Andrew Nicholls is a 2013 UCLA Alumni. In 10 years of army service in Iraq and Afghanistan for 10 years, Andrew earned many leadership awards and medals. Devastated after his combat experience – where he lost friends, suffered personal injury and trauma, Andrew grew to teach a course at UCLA called “Fast Cars and Battle Scars” on what it is like being trained to kill, to be in combat, and face reentry into society. Andrew is a now a licensed social worker who works at the VA providing services to vets and a new father. Andrew exemplifies resilience and a life of meaning and purpose. A hero in more ways than one, Andrew is someone who found meaning and purpose by caring for others here at UCLA.