She maintains the TikTok account alexisnikole and Instagram page blackforager, where she posts videos of her foraging finds along with cooking techniques and historical information.
[citation needed] Nelson posts videos of her foraging finds on social media accounts.
Her efforts were successful enough that she left her office job in September 2021 to focus on her foraging work full-time.
At the conference, she gave a TED Talk about her foraging work, and cooked sweet-and-salty seaweed chips using Vancouver-foraged bull kelp.
[14] In December, 2023, an episode of Eat This with Yara featuring Nelson titled 'The Awful Truth About ‘No Trespassing’ Signs' won "Outstanding Lifestyle Program" at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.