Emma graduated with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in Sociology in 2009. She received her Juris Doctor degree with a Public Law concentration from Cornell Law School in 2013. Before law school, Emma worked as a legal assistant at Kamine Law PC. During law school, Emma interned with the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant in Berkeley, CA and California Rural Legal Assistance in Fresno, CA. Emma was the recipient of the Freeman Award for Civil/Human Rights and the Equal Justice America Fellowship.