She was born and raised in Washington, DC. and attended college at Boston University where she graduated in 2007 with a B.S. in photojournalism and a B.A. in art history. After college, Emily began her photography career as a news and feature photographer in New York before relocating to Los Angeles in 2012. She currently works as freelance portrait and editorial photographer for clients including The New York Times, National Geographic, The Hollywood Reporter, Wired, Refinery29 and Bloomberg Businessweek.