He has 3 children and 4 grand-children. He enjoys being outside and especially loves going to garage sales and the flea market. He moved to Albuquerque at a young age and later attended the Albuquerque Indian School.
That's where a good friend in high school taught him how to do silver work. He has been working with silver and turquoise since the 70's.He's even had some of his inlay work featured it the Arizona Highway magazine. He signs his work J Nelson. He's even had some of his inlay work featured in the Arizona Highway magazine.