Nyakor is the mother of nine children and owns a business here in Anchorage. She was born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, after her father migrated to the country in 1975. Twenty years later, she moved with her family to the United States. Five months later, she got married and started a family in New York City. In 2012, she and her children moved to Anchorage. Today, she continues to pursue her education, with the goal of earning a BA in Psychology through Wayland University.