 In early 2016, Nicole Morocco, the abandoned property coalition coordinator of the West Virginia Community Development Hub, took a leading role in the campaign to expand West Virginia's state historic tax credit. Despite having no formal training in real estate or preservation, Morocco proved incredibly adept at learning on the job. Through her efforts, the campaign grew to include 30 organizers, 20 partners, and 38 cities, counties, and organizations. Though the tax credit increase did not make it through the 2017 session, it became one of the most debated proposals in the state legislature, setting the stage for future success. With this experience in hand, Morocco recently began a graduate degree program at Rutgers University, focusing on the more efficient use of real estate tools for community development and creative policy solutions for vacant and dilapidated buildings. There is no doubt that Morocco's budding career will be a boost for preservation, as she continues to mobilize people to action and link preservation to a larger community building movement.