In 1992, Mikki competed in the prestigious Excalibur and Iron Maiden Body Building Championships, taking fourth place her first time out. This experience of dramatically transforming her own fitness made me realize that I wanted to help others to transform theirs. She worked as a personal fitness trainer at several facilities in and around Santa Barbara while finishing her education at UCSB, but she dreamed of opening her own fitness studio. She took WEV’s SET course to complete her business plan, and in January of 2012 that dream became a reality when she opened Fitness Transform on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara.