Anikka is from Kent Island, MD and graduated from Salisbury University with a B.A. in Communications-Media Production and a B.A. in Environmental Studies. Her interdisciplinary interests focus on combining her artistic skill sets in media production with topics surrounding environmental science. Anikka has experience in creating educational outreach materials, documentaries, and has directed several field projects concerning the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its communities.

Currently, she is a graduate research assistant at Horn Point Laboratory and is a member of the Innovation Team at the Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and the Environment. Anikka's research focuses on environmental sociology topics such as behavioral analysis of farmers located on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, their nitrogen use efficiency and synthesizes the socio-environmental challenges or opportunities regarding green technology innovation such as green nitrogen for farmers.