Emebt's first international races for Ethiopia came when she was fifteen. She was runner-up in the 5000 metres at the East African Championships and was the 1500 m bronze medallist at the 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships. She placed seventh in the junior race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and finished fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships. She also came sixth at that year's Great Ethiopian Run.