Nicole Vargas joined San Diego City College as an assistant professor of digital journalism in August 2018.

Now an associate professor, Vargas teaches journalism skills classes, oversees the online news production course sequence and is one-half of the faculty team guiding the television news and radio/podcast production sequence. Vargas is also the student media adviser for City Times Media, the award-winning digital news platform featuring award-winning student-produced work in online news, TV news, magazine, and radio/podcast.

Outside the classroom, Vargas is active on the boards of the San Diego Press Club, the Journalism Association of Community Colleges, Associated Collegiate Press and the California Scholastic Press Association. She is also working toward an Ed.D. in Leadership and Innovation through Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.