Shamikka has a background in military satellite communications and currently works as a Governance and Risk Analyst for the Booz Allen Hamilton. She has a Bachelor’s in IT and a Master’s in Management of Information Systems from the University of Phoenix.

Shamikka has been teaching for 9 years in cybersecurity and IT & Networking Technologies. She has several industry certifications including CISSP, Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (Server 2008), Cisco CCNA, CASP, Security+, Network+, and Linux+.

Martin Luther King Jr. said, “ The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” Shamikka firmly believes in this principle and has chosen teaching as her way of advancing it!