Karly Nikkel is a third-year student at the Cumming School of Medicine. She completed her nursing degree in 2015 at the University of Lethbridge, and worked as a registered nurse at the Lethbridge Regional Hospital.

Karly began medical school in summer 2017, where she has been an executive for the Emergency Medicine Interest Group and has been blessed to engage in multiple personal and professional development activities while completing her education. Apart from her educational pursuits, Karly has been a part of multiple service missions that have allowed her to experience many different people and cultures.

She is a contributor to the Interprofessional Collaboration (IPC) group at the Cumming School of Medicine.