Amy Nelson has served as the Director of Legal Services at Whitman-Walker Health, starting in 2008. Amy organized the name and gender change legal clinic in 2012 which continues to serve hundreds of clients in updating their gender markers on identity documents annually. In 2014, Amy was recognized as a “Shero of the Movement” by the DC Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs and honored with Capital Trans Pride’s Engendered Spirit award. Amy co-teaches Public Interest Lawyering: Access to Health Care at Georgetown University Law Center. She served on the board of Miriam’s House, serving homeless women with HIV, and oversaw its successful transition into N Street Village. A Texas native, she is proud to call DC home for more than 20 years. Amy received degrees from Texas A&M University and the George Washington University Law School.