Sydney Hickman was born and raised in the Coachella Valley. After graduating from Shadow Hills High School, she started working as a sales representative at a local gym and worked her way into management within the year. From there she became a leasing consultant for apartment complexes in the Palm Desert area.

Sydney joined Johnson Commercial Real Estate in late 2019 as an Executive Assistant focused on assisting the property management department.

She currently resides in Palm Desert with her boyfriend, Joshua and puppy, Oliver