Nika is an actor, writer, and director from rural Northern California. Upon graduating early with her degree in Philosophy from UC Santa Barbara, Nika who trained in her youth as an actor on stage, jazz singer, and fervent athlete, began to write and direct her own films. She has made over 10 short films in this multi-hyphenate capacity, as well as her first feature film BRINDISI, the Italian-American bilingual comedy, filmed in Puglia, Italy.