Nikki
Nikki was born and raised in Calgary, AB and is one of the Optical Associates at our Crowfoot location. She has a bachelor's degree in Linguistics and Language from the University of Calgary, and she is passionate about language diversity and second language acquisition. As someone who has been wearing glasses since she was 11 months old, she has tried almost every style of frame and likes to experiment with different frames and loves to encourage patients to do the same.
Outside of work she loves spending time with her husband and family. Her favorite hobbies involve crafts such as hand embroidery, card making and painting with watercolors.
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