Emily was raised in the town of Devon on Treaty 6 Territory. Having graduated from the dietetics program at the University of Alberta in 2018, Emily has practiced clinical dietetics in various rural and urban primary healthcare settings. In 2022, Emily began her MPH specializing in Health Promotion while simultaneously coordinating community-focused projects in Women’s and Children’s Health and contributing to the CARE Lab part-time as a graduate research assistant, supporting knowledge synthesis activities for the Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research (IPHCPR) Network. Since finishing her MPH, Emily has joined the CARE Lab full-time as a Research and Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, supporting and coordinating projects under the IPHCPR.