Kent Nelson

Kent Nelson received his pre-college schooling in Cheyenne Mountain Public Schools in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and went on to attend Yale University on a Gates Foundation full scholarship, studying Political Science and playing varsity ice hockey and tennis, as well as academic accolades on the Dean's List and as Ranking Scholar. At Yale, Kent Nelson's writing earned for him the Wallace Short Story Prize, the Saybrook Fellows' Prize, and membership in the Book and Snake Society.

Kent Nelson went on to Harvard Law School where he earned his Juris Doctorate in Environmental Law, and his stellar third-year work was placed on deposit in the Harvard Law Library.