Her artwork is inspired by living with multiple immune diseases and the intersection of nature, biology, beauty, and medicine. Most works are a mix of photography, watercolor, and digital design.

In addition to creative hobbies, Emily has been studying multiple disciplines as a means of weaving together her past career in healthcare, personal patient experience, and passion for creativity and design. 

After graduating from Williams College in 2012, Emily started her career at Ogilvy Health, where she sought to mix her love of creativity and medicine working in healthcare branding and communications. After two years, she transitioned to focusing on medicine. Emily participated in nearly three years of research at Massachusetts General Hospital and later, Ariadne Labs, looking at redesigning primary health care systems domestically and globally, as well as patient shared decision making, while simultaneously preparing to start medical school. 

In 2017, after various “minor” health challenges (a concussion, and a dental procedure with subsequent infection complications), Emily began experiencing increasingly debilitating physical symptoms. After many twists, turns, hurdles and systemic progression of her condition, she was ultimately diagnosed four years later with the systemic autoimmune disease, Sjogren’s Disease, as well as with a commonly co-occurring condition, Mast Cell Activation Disorder. In 2024, Emily experienced an additional infection and was diagnosed with another autoimmune disease, ulcerative colitis (UC).

During the peak years of illness, Emily continued to study and focus on key areas of interest. At first, she continued to devour knowledge of the healthcare system, while simultaneously gaining firsthand experience and exploring a wide range of healing approaches to chronic disease. More formally, Emily chose to concentrate her efforts on coursework through IDEO U, (the educational branch of the design firm IDEO) taking extensive coursework and completing the certificate program in Advanced Design Thinking. She also studied and acquired a breadth of knowledge in somatics and somatic practices from the teachings of Irene Lyon, as well as from a variety of practitioners focused on somatic tools for those living with chronic disease. Finally, Emily continued to explore her passion for making art, delving into new mediums, applications, and techniques along the way. 

Today, in addition to creating as an artist, Emily seeks to blend her background with, “Create Your State”, an imaginative, somatics-based toolkit for patients living with physical conditions to find more comfort in their bodies, and “Design For Health”, which aims to foster conversation to improve both the patient experience and the healthcare system by exploring the intersection of design, creativity, and health.