Xia Nelson

Nelson transferred to CSB from Gustavus Adolphus College in September 2017. She is a member of Kappa Delta Pi (a national honors society for education majors), and the Student Educators Association, interacting with youths in the Mankato and St. Peter areas. She has worked at St. Joseph Catholic School as a Study Buddy for a fourth-grade student and as a teacher’s assistant for the third- and fifth-grade classrooms. During the summer of 2018, Nelson served as an assistant teacher at Little Bees Learning Center, Mankato. She has received Dean’s List honors at both Gustavus and CSB/SJU. In her free time, she likes to play piano or read in Spanish.