Emily began exploring mountains while growing up in West Virginia. She started backcountry skiing and climbing on weekends while working as the Director of Technology for a medical device company in Boston. In 2020, she climbed full-time in West Virginia before relocating to Palisades Tahoe to guide skiing and climbing. She has worked as a ski and alpine guide, a ski instructor, and a ski patroller.

Emily loves teaching clients how to thrive in the mountains. She has experienced firsthand how the mountains can change your outlook in life and wants to give that experience to others. She guides on Mount Shasta during the summer and is an avalanche instructor and ski guide during the winter.

Emily is an AMGA Apprentice Ski and Alpine Guide, an AIARE Instructor, and AMGA Single Pitch Instructor.