Nicole BallNicole Ball, a Principal Technical Training Consultant at SAS, teaches courses on SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Data Quality, and the SAS programming language. Nicole is also a course developer for SAS Visual Analytics, which includes writing and updatin courses and preparing customized training. Before coming to SAS, Nicole was an Economic Analyst at the Federal Reserve where she learned more about SAS code and how to apply it to real-world problems. She has a MS in Economics from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BA in Economics from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX.When she's not learning about new features in SAS software and trying to come up with neat solutions to student questions, Nicole loves to crochet and design stuffed animals, read fiction books of any kind, and do CrossFit. Nicole currently lives in Celina, TX with her husband, Keith, and their dog, Winston. Read More Read Less