Nikki Villagomez is a nationally recognized speaker on typography. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University (geaux tigers!) with a BFA in Graphic Design. After working as a designer in New York City, she moved to her home state of South Carolina where she became a fulltime freelancer. Nikki is the founder and former president of the South Carolina chapter of AIGA. She has been an educator teaching Graphic Design and Typography at the University of South Carolina and the University of Akron. Currently, Nikki is the Graphic Design + Creative Studio Manager at Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. In her free time, she maintains her daily blog (nikkivillagomez.wordpress.com) about how culture affects typography.