Born in 1972. Raised in  Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Emily received a BA from Hampshire College where she studied Art History, Literature and Weaving. She went on to receive an MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including Front Room Gallery, Parlour, HKJB, 31Grand and ABC No Rio in New York; Decatur Blue in Washington DC; NUDASHANK in Baltimore; The Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Articule in Montreal. She has been reviewed in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, The Washington Post, Joy Quarterly, W+G Williamsburg News + Art, Apollo Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail and New City Chicago. Emily currently works in New York, where she lives with her husband and son.