Hailing from northern Virginia, Nelson has had a fascination with wind-based phenomena since young childhood. This interest only grew with time, and he has spent much of his life immersing himself in the science and history of volatile weather. Since 2020, Nelson has been a primary researcher/writer at the Tornado Talk LLC, a website devoted to documenting tornado history. In 2024, he was part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Currently, Nelson is in his second-to-last year as a student at Millersville University. He is majoring in Meteorology, with minors in Journalism and Emergency Management. After graduating, Nelson hopes to continue his studies and pursue a PhD. In his spare time, he enjoys weather photography and timelapsing, researching, mapping, and damage analysis.