Immediately following high school Nick joined the Army and served with the 82nd Airborne Division and 25th Light Infantry Division as an Infantryman. After September 11th Nick volunteered for US Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and eventually served 2 tours in Iraq as a Special Forces Weapons SGT and Special Forces Intelligence SGT.

Honorably discharged in 2009, Nick moved his family to Virginia where he began working as an instructor and Program Manager. During that same time Nick moved to Culpeper and became involved with the local Republican unit.

Nick was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2015 and is currently serves on the Finance, Courts of Justice, Public Safety and Education committees. He serves as the Sub Committee Chairman for the sub committee's on Higher Education and the Public Safety sub committee 1 where all firearms related legislation is heard.

After 11 years in the Army and living in multiple places around the country the Freitas family is very happy to call Culpeper home.