She won several awards for her work including the Legatus Outstanding Laity Award, the Spirit Award of the Windrider Forum at Sundance, the Act One Servant Faculty Award, and special awards for her contributions to cinema studies from the Catholic University of Valencia, Spain, and Santa Croce University (Rome). Nicolosi has taught screenwriting or cinema studies as an adjunct professor in the Seaver Graduate School at Pepperdine University, and also in undergraduate programs at Azusa Pacific University, the Los Angeles Film Study Center, and Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA. She has been a guest lecturer on art and cinema at many other institutions of higher learning including Notre Dame University (South Bend, Indiana); Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington), Biola University (La Mirada, California), Ave Maria University (Naples, Florida), Santa Croce University (Rome), the Catholic University (Milan) and the Catholic University of Valencia (Spain). She was also a featured speaker at events hosted by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, and for the Pontifical Council for Culture at the Vatican. In 2015, Nicolosi accepted a position at Azusa Pacific University as an associate professor in the newly formed Honors College. In 2019 she started a position as associate professor and Director of Screenwriting Programs at Regent University. From 2014 to 2019, Nicolosi ran Catharsis: The Story Lab, a mentorship and out-sourced development program for visual storytellers. She is founder and Chair Emeritus of Act One, Inc., a Christian organization for training aspiring scriptwriters and producers starting out in Hollywood. She was also a founding partner in Origin Entertainment. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West. She co-wrote Mary Mother of the Christ with Benedict Fitzgerald. She wrote Fatima, for Origin Entertainmentwhich was directed by Marco Pontecorvo and released by Newmarket Pictures in August 2020. Controversy In September 2018, Nicolosi sent a letter to the board of trustees at Azusa Pacific University calling for the "immediate suspension of the recent changes to the APU Student Handbook which now permits homosexual romantic relationships" on campus, pending "an extended consideration of the nature of authentic Christian teaching in the area of sexuality." On September 28, four days after receiving the letter, the APU Board of Trustees publicly announced their decision to restore the code of conduct to its previous state, (i.e. reinstating the "ban" on same-sex relationships on campus). Today the school once again allows same-sex relationships on campus