Emily is a graduate of the School of Information of the University of Texas at Austin and an alumnus of the New York Public Library IMLS Preservation Fellowship, where she worked closely with the audio and moving image archivists at the Performing Arts Library. Before coming to New York Public Radio in 2010, Emily worked with the Pacifica Radio Archives on the preservation planning and assessment of civil rights-era materials for the American Archive pilot. From 2010-2012, Emily was responsible for digitizing hundreds of hours of archival audio as part of the NEH-funded Municipal Archives WNYC Sound Collection project.