She is a National Board Certified teacher, a PBS Digital Innovator and a member of the BrainPop PD Advisory Panel. Nikki has been teaching in the classroom since 2001, mostly in the primary grades. She also delivers Professional Development to teachers around the state of Montana in Gifted Education and Technology Integration. She serves on the board for the Montana Association for Gifted Education as the Technology chair and co-facilitates a support group for parents of gifted students for SENG, Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted. Nikki lives in Belgrade, Montana with her husband and her two children.