Nicki Geigert graduated with a BS in Physical Education and English, and a minor in Recreational Sports. After teaching for 4 years as a physical education specialist, Nicki opened a motor development and gymnastics school which became the largest in Northern California in the 1980’s and 1990’s. In 1992, her Acrosport (acrobatic gymnastics as sport) team won the national championship. Eventually, Nicki sold the gym and became an education conference speaker for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) to encourage learning through more physical activities within the classroom, since it is well-documented that the brain learns best through movement. After getting her MS degree in curriculum design and development, Nicki was asked to become an international education consultant to provide workshop training on how to incorporate physical activities into classroom lessons of mathematics, acting out stories through dramatic play, and using other physical ways to teach geography and other subject matter through moving and doing rather than just sitting.

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Always the teacher, Nicki used her passion for photography to document life in other parts of the world, which by the time she retired, became her new career. By photographing animals, and cultures from other parts of the world, Nicki became an award-winning author, using her photographs to write stories about animals and life in other parts of the world. It was during her travels that Nicki saw the need to help young people and to further the education of those without hope of continuing.