Sharon Nir was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. She holds a BA degree in lan­guage and lit­er­a­ture from Tel Aviv Uni­ver­si­ty and an MBA from North­east­ern Uni­ver­si­ty. Sharon enjoyed a suc­cess­ful high-tech career when she decid­ed to fol­low her hus­band as his career took him to New York City. Sharon, her hus­band and two chil­dren reside in Albu­querque, NM.