Sophia A. Nelson is an award-winning American author and journalist. You can see her regularly on CNN's Inside Politics and Newsroom as a legal and political analyst. Nelson 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. She had the privilege of covering former First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House from 2010–2012. She is the author of The Woman Code, Black Woman Redefined, and E Pluribus ONE.