C. Nicole Mason (born 1976, Los Angeles, California)[1] is an American author, columnist and researcher.

[5] At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she coined the term ‘Shecession’ to describe the unbalanced impact of the employment and income losses on women.

[6][7][8][9] In 2016, she authored Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America, a book chronicling her childhood in California to her acceptance at Howard University.

[12] She attended Head Start as a child and benefited from many social safety net programs.

[12] Mason earned her Ph.D. and master’s in government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park.