Nikki Stang
Founder and CEO of My Traumatic Brain Injury
Biography
Nikki Stang was born in Denver, Colorado. In 2007 she attended UNLV to start a psychology degree. Shortly after attending college she moved to Peru where she volunteered in an all girls orphanage. She developed a passion for working with children and eventually found her calling in being a gym teacher for high risk youth in the city of Denver. In 2011 she began attending massage school to learn more about the body and how she personally could help people around the world who did not have access to medical care. In fall of 2011 she was accidentally headbutted in the mouth and suffered a traumatic brain injury while playing basketball with her students. Nikki was unaware of her TBI until 2013 when she was later diagnosed shortly after she was pregnant with her first child. Nikki has recovered from her accident and is now and advocate for brain injury survivors. She has taken classes in aromatherapy and healing touch through ISHA, craniosacral therapy through the Upledger Institute, and heart centered therapy through the Chikly Health Institute. She is currently living in Denver with her two young children and is a TBI advocate, motivational speaker, and is working on writing a book about her traumatic brain injury experiences.