Nikki Gold grew up in Milwaukee, WI where her and Jackie Josephs met and became life long friends at University School of Milwaukee.  After graduating high school Nikki went on to Illinois Wesleyan University where she majored in Psychology and minored in Business.  While attending Illinois Wesleyan Nikki became a member of Kappa Delta sorority as well as two National honors societies, Psi Chi and Phi Beta Delta.  Her sophomore year she studied abroad in Surfer’s Paradise, Queensland, Australia.  She also studied abroad a second time her junior year in Milan, Italy.   Both opportunities abroad proved to be invaluable experiences for which she will carry lifetime memories.  After graduating from Wesleyan in April of 2006, Nikki was reunited with her best friend Jackie where she once again was reintroduced to the world of dance and found an opportunity to apply her business skills as the studio’s Regional Office Manager.