Nicki started dancing at the age of three in Jacksonville, Florida where she was born and raised. She began taking classes in tap and ballet and by the time she graduated high school she had studied even more styles including pointe, jazz, lyrical, modern, acrobatics and musical theater.  As well as taking recreational classes Nicki was also on her studio’s performing and competition team.  During that time she competed and performed all over the states of Florida and Georgia and collected numerous high titles and awards.  She has also performed with the First Coast Nutcracker and had many dance leads in musicals throughout high school.

Nicki started apprentice teaching at her studio at the age of thirteen. By fifteen she was teaching her own classes and coaching competition teams. She has taught tap, ballet, jazz, acrobatics and lyrical classes but her passion is tap! Nicki has even taken a workshop with the late Al Gilbert, who is her tap inspiration.

Due to the military Nicki had to leave her hometown of Jacksonville but she has been involved with dance companies everywhere she has lived. She taught jazz classes at Methods of Movement, a studio in Idaho that has been opened over 40 years and ran the dance program at the Dover Air Force Base Youth Center in Delaware. Now, thanks to Christy and A Step Above Dance Company, she can continue sharing her love, knowledge and passion for dance with children in the middle Georgia area!