Nikki is the Coordinating Producer for POV where she manages all film submissions, is responsible for collecting deliverables and packaging films for PBS, produces filmmaker interviews, and contributes to the curation of the series. She works with the POV executive team and filmmakers providing editorial support and feedback to prepare films for their PBS broadcast. Nikki regularly represents POV at festivals, markets, and forums, and has served on panels and juries in the U.S. and abroad, including the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Nordisk Panorama, Dok Leipzig, RIDM, Medimed, and the Brooklyn Film Festival. Prior to joining the staff in early 2014, Nikki interned in POV's Programming and Production Department. Nikki was the documentarian for The Odyssey Initiative, a non-profit traveling education project. She worked as a mentor and teacher at the Apollo Outreach Initiative in Ohio, helping children of all ages become active creators of media to express themselves through film. Nikki has served as an Assistant Director, Production Manager, and Camera Operator on professional feature films and shorts, and has garnered award recognition for her own documentaries. Nikki holds a Bachelor's degree in Cinema Studies from Oberlin College.