Nicole Shanahan

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/nicole-shanahan

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1. When was Nicole Shanahan born?September 26, 1985
2. Where was Nicole Shanahan born?California, USA
3. What is the education?University of Puget Sound, Santa Clara University School of Law
4. What is the founded?Bia-Echo Foundation in 2019, focused on extending human reproductive lifespan
5. Who is Nicole Shanahan?Nicole Shanahan is a lawyer, entrepreneur, and the 2024 vice‑presidential candidate for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She studied law at Santa Clara University and works on technology and health projects.
6. What did she do in her law career?She started as a paralegal, then became a patent specialist at RPX Corp. She also studied legal technology at Stanford’s CodeX program.

Defensive Patent Aggregator: A company that buys patents to protect other companies from patent lawsuits.
Legal Informatics: The study of how information technology and law interact and can be used together.
Philanthropic Organization: A group that raises money to help others and support charitable causes.
Intellectual Property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions and artistic works, that have legal rights.