After being abandoned at age 3 she was taken in by a group of traveling circus performers. Her new adopted mother, a woman whose height was no more than 3’5, taught her the importance of stage presence and comedy. The whole circus put together their entire earnings and put Nika through 9 years of comedy training. From UCB, Comedy Sportz and The Pack Theater. When asked if she would redo anything in her life Nika replied “It’s like my Uncle Red Shoe Paul would always say, life is a funhouse, whichever mirror you look at, everything is kinda the same”