She earned a B.A. in Communications from Howard University and J.D./M.P.A. from Georgia State University in 2000. Under the direction of founder/performer/choreographer Terrie Ajile Axam, Kikora trained for over twenty years in modern, jazz, West African, ballet, and moja dance techniques at Total Dance /Dancical Productions, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. Kikora has choreographed and performed in artistic productions that toured the Peoples’ Republic of China; Dakar, Senegal; Washington, D.C., and numerous other U.S. cities. Kikora also choreo-graphed and performed with the Atlanta Hawks Dance Team.