Nikki is currently the Head of English at Canterbury College. She has been a board member of the Brisbane State High School council for four years, as well as their Head of Junior School. She has also been a Head of English at various schools within Education Queensland over the last decade.

Prior to this she was a television producer in the Asia-Pacific where she created television commercials and corporate documentaries for MNCs and government clients.  

Nikki studied at the University of Miami (Film Studies) and Murdoch University (Bachelor of Arts - Media Studies & Comparative Literature). She has since gone on to complete all of her postgraduate studies at the University of Queensland. Nikki is a fierce advocate for marginalised communities, and has a particular interest in progressing educational equity.