Emma's passion for serving immigrants started in law school when she spent spring break working in the family detention center in Karnes, TX, assisting Central American refugee women and children in the asylum process. As a student she worked with the NM Immigrant Law Center, the NM Center on Law and Poverty, and NM Legal Aid. Emma has a BA in English and Languages from UNM and graduated magna cum laude and with clinical honors from UNM School of law in May of 2016. She lives in Albuquerque with her husband Kevin and her two-year- old son, Michael.