Nelsons first official job was as a part-time high school teacher in a village called Mulinde, Kenya, where he taught English, Business, and C.R.E. After moving to Chicago to study architecture in 2014, he worked as an in-patient pharmacy technician for two years, and this was where he learned the true meaning of working under pressure. After transferring to SIUC, Nelson was a student worker in the gallery at the School of Architecture, where he helped his professor with design and organization.