Nic­ki Blu­me­nau Bloch is an IT pro­fes­sion­al who spent many years study­ing dance, fol­lowed by many years trans­port­ing her two daugh­ters to and from dance class­es. She grew up in Johan­nes­burg, South Africa, and spent a decade liv­ing in New Orleans. She now resides in Bex­ley, Ohio with her hus­band Dan, and is a Co-Pres­i­dent of the Colum­bus Sec­tion of the Nation­al Coun­cil of Jew­ish Women.