Nikki was raised in Reading, MA and is the direct eight-times great-granddaughter of Samuel Wardwell, one of the accused witches hanged in the Salem trials. Nikki has been practicing witchcraft for thirty years and received formal training through the priesthood of the Religious Order of Witchcraft. She then went on to form her own occult order, the Society of Witchcraft and Old Magick, which is known as the Wardwell tradition of American Witchcraft.

Nikki holds a masters degree in integrative health and healing as well as many holistic and shamanic certifications. She offers private psychic, magickal and energetic healing services in addition to teaching in her occult training order. She is the author of several books on various magickal topics, with more forthcoming.