1943
Ms. Nielson is born in Saugerties, New York to George John Wodischeck and Martha Elizabeth Casler.
1963
Ms. Nielson marries David Bruce Nielson.
1963
Ms. Nielson receives an Associate of Science in food from the State University of New York in Cobleskill, New York.
1963
Ms. Nielson becomes a school lunch manager for Brooklyn Public School #61 in New York.
1966
Ms. Nielson works in the clerk stock and bond dividend department of First National City Bank in New York City.
1979
Ms. Nielson becomes lecturer, trainee, group leader and center manager at Weight Watchers in New York City, Brooklyn, and Staten Island.
1995
Ms. Nielson receives the first of several Editor’s Choice Awards.
1996
Ms. Nielson is named to the International Poetry Hall of Fame.