Emma has been editing professionally since 2018. She received her two BAs in linguistics and sociology from UC Berkeley, and further studied speech-language pathology and communicative disorders at California State Universities Los Angeles and Northridge. Prior to joining HubPages/The Arena Group in 2023, she was the linguistic content editor for an accent modification YouTube channel/app and the chief content editor of a content creation company.

Her interests include reading classic literature, listening to ‘80s New Wave music, winning bar trivia nights, and traveling to cool places. She lives in California with her family and two literary-named dogs, Duff and Scout.