Emma’s love for nature, adventure, and wild places has shaped her life. Raised by Peace Corps volunteers who met in West Africa, she grew up in Maryland dreaming of travel. Her childhood was filled with birding excursions with her father and camping on Assateague Island, watching wild ponies and seabirds. Early adventures took her to Costa Rica, Canada, and Puerto Rico, deepening her love for exploration.

Her first experience in travel work came with International Partners, leading grassroots development trips to El Salvador before and during college. After earning a BA in English Literature from Yale, she worked as an au pair in Germany, hiking to beer gardens in her free time. She then moved west for an outdoor educator role at Cal-Wood in Colorado, where she taught ecology to 5th graders while living in a remote A-frame cabin overlooking the Continental Divide.

Since then, Emma has worked in conservation and the craft beer industry, including roles at the Brewers Association and Palmer Land Conservancy. She later earned a Master’s in Music from the University of Colorado Boulder.

An avid traveler and outdoor enthusiast, Emma spends her free time birding, hiking, biking, camping, and practicing wildlife photography. Her most memorable adventures include swimming with African penguins, whale watching in Canada, diving the Great Barrier Reef, and going on safari in Namibia and Botswana. With Nat Hab, she has encountered polar bears, spirit bears, puffins, grizzlies, and the wonders of monarch migration in some of the world’s most spectacular wild places.