Nikuyah Walker

[1] She graduated from Charlottesville High School in 1998 and received her bachelor's degree in political science from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004.

[2] Walker publicly pressured the City Council and then-mayor Michael Signer to answer questions about why a permit had been issued for the rally, and why the City Council was not addressing issues raised by the event.

[3] Walker and Heather Hill were elected to the city council, winning 29% and 28% of the vote respectively.

[3] One of Walker's major goals was to increase affordable housing in the city.

[5] In March 2021, Walker began taking criticism of a Tweet published to both her Mayoral and personal Twitter and her Facebook pages stating "Charlottesville: The beautiful-ugly it is.