She has worked as a background dancer for the Grammy award-winning duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Outside of dancing professionally, Nikiya stays busy in the Seattle dance community: involved with groups such as the Purple Lemonade Collective and having danced with Daniel Cruz's Cruz Control; Boogiezone's Breed Seattle, Electriq Dance Company, and Potion to name a few. Nikiya's dance journey started by copying dance moves off of music videos she'd been watching on BET and MTV. Her dance training began by learning West African dance with Umoja Dance Troupe in Anchorage, Alaska. She also trained at Alaska Dance Theater with disciplines in jazz and modern. The bug bit her in high school and has been her passion ever since.