Sophia A. Nelson is an award-winning author and journalist who appears regularly on CNN’s Inside Politics and Newsroom as a legal and political analyst. She is an adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. She is a former investigative counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform, and senior counsel with the international law firm of Holland & Knight, LLP.  

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She had the privilege of covering former First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House from 2010–2012.  The author appears frequently on CNN and has been a contributor to MSNBC, NBC, Fox News, the BBC, World News with Diane Sawyer, and the Today show. She writes for The Huffington Post Healthy Living and The Daily Beast. She has also contributed to USA Today, Essence, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post. She is the author of The Woman Code, Black Woman Redefined, and E Pluribus ONE.