Dr. Nicole, her husband Toufik Harmaz, and son Liam.Dr. Nicole Nalchajian earned her Bachelor of Arts in Itegrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1994. She spent nine months in Costa Rica doing volunteer work in rural areas and studying at the University of Costa Rica. Dr. Nalchajian received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of the Pacific and Master of Science in Dentistry degree from the University of the Pacific in 1999.

She is a member of the American Dental Association, the American Association of Orthodontists, the California Dental Association, the California Association of Orthodontists, the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists and is a past President of the Fresno-Madera Dental Society.

A native of Fresno, Dr. Nalchajian is active in community affairs including fund raising for the United Cerebral Palsy organization.  She is married, has one son, and has practiced orthodontics exclusively in Fresno since 1999.