Over the years, Ms. Niki has nurtured students' talents by creating musical theater programs and leading choirs. Drawing from extensive experience performing and touring abroad, her passion for teaching and music grew with her students and the arrival of her two young children. In 2018, Ms. Niki released her first children’s single, Music in the Air and EP, It’s Music Time with Ms. Niki, featuring interactive educational songs that introduce young children up to eight years old to English and Spanish literacy, colors, sight words, and rhythm and melody in a hip and fun way. With simple and accessible call & response songs, Ms. Niki's magnetic buttery voice with undertones of gospel, hip hop, and R&B warmly invites children and their caregivers into a shared learning experience. A new age cross between Mary Poppins and Ms. Frizzle, Ms. Niki offers a wide variety of songs, workshops, and performances for kids and kids at heart.
Grammy-Nominated Artist & YouTube Trailblazer
One of family music's most compelling and talented new emerging artists, Ms. Niki is a member of the Grammy-nominated 1 Tribe Collective's "All One Tribe" album featuring Rainbow. Performance highlights include Family Music Forward's KukuzaFest, Philadelphia's Kidchella, Fort Greene Park Conservancy, Google, and local libraries. A rising YouTube star, Ms. Niki's engaging videos have 75K views / 800 monthly subscribers.