Nikka Gurmani was born and raised in Pakistan, and moved to America after being awarded a full scholarship to the University of Notre Dame. That’s where she fell in love with computing and the Internet, graduating magna cum laude in Computer Science and Engineering. She spent several years writing on tech topics for major newspapers in Chicago and New York before becoming an Internet consultant for startups, while still doing freelance writing for numerous companies and media outlets. Nikka lives in New York with her husband and two daughters.