Niki Garcia-Holmes is the Administrative Associate for the TxCOPE project at the Addiction Research Institute. She holds a BA with majors in History, Government and French from UT Austin, and in 2022 earned an MA in Linguistics at the University of Oregon, where her work focused on linguistic justice and embodied learning. Previous UT roles include serving as Administrative Associate at the Spanish & Portuguese Department and as Communications Coordinator at the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research. In her free time, Niki enjoys cooking foods from around the world.