Emily grew up on the Colorado Front Range in Longmont. She moved to Durango in 2018 and graduated from Fort Lewis College in 2023 with a degree in Environmental Conservation and Management. With a love for education and the outdoors, she was drawn to CTA as an environment that fostered both. Emily loves to travel. Before taking her position at CTA, she spent the summer of 2023 in the Virgin Islands doing environmental work. She worked with a local school, teaching kids about aquaponics, taking them on mangrove replanting excursions, and working for the VI Friends of the National Park to raise money for education. While these experiences were valuable, her love for the Colorado outdoors brought her back to Durango. When she’s not at CTA, Emily can be found skiing, hiking, cooking, watching movies and gardening.