Born and raised in San Francisco, Emily is currently a graduate student at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. She is interested in exploring the intersections of environmental justice, birth justice, and the social determinants of perinatal health, typical/atypical development, and adolescent health. She is passionate about advancing health equity and advocacy through mixed-methods research, community organizing, and implementation science.

For the past few years, Emily has worked in developmental science as a research associate with UCLA and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.