Amy K. Nelson

Amy K. Nelson (born July 16, 1978) is the founder and CEO of Beautiful Bipolar, an event production company based in New Orleans, LA, that destigmatizes mental illness and focuses on mental health, healing and wellness.

A former senior correspondent at SB Nation, Nelson is most known as a writer/reporter for ESPN.com's Enterprise Unit. She also served as a moderator for ESPN's First Take program, and has appeared on SportsCenter, ESPNews, Baseball Tonight and Outside the Lines.

She is also a former American freelance multimedia journalist based in New York City. Her work has appeared in Slate, Deadspin, Out Magazine, The Hairpin and Animal New York, among others.