Nicholas Meinhardt grew up in Rochester, Minnesota and completed medical school at the University of Minnesota. Nicholas completed general psychiatry residency at UC Davis in California before moving to Seattle, WA for the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship program at Seattle Children's Hospital. After completing the fellowship, Nicholas worked for four years in the inpatient psychiatric unit, specializing in children under 12 years old with a focus on disruptive behavior disorders and ADHD.