Nancy Fliesler is a freelance producer, editor, and writer specializing in science, medicine, mental health, and environmental issues. Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown, drawing on her family's experience, is her first film. She has worked for ABC News in the medical unit of Dr. Timothy Johnson, where she produced spots for Good Morning America; as a production manager and Avid editor for the Boston-based Mental Illness Education Project; and as an associate producer of educational television programs about physics, geared to teachers, for the Harvard-Smithsonian Science Media Group. She recently managed production of the children's fantasy film Act Your Age!

Fliesler holds a B.A. from Oberlin College (Phi Beta Kappa) and an M.S. in science and medical journalism from Boston University.