She has worked in several museums including the McCord Museum (Montreal), the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto), the Canadian Guild of Crafts (Montreal), and the Unterlinden Museum (Colmar, France). Emma completed a B.A. in Art History and Communication (McGill University), a B.Ed. in Education (University of Ottawa) and an M.A. in Art Education (Concordia University)—pursuing her interests in museums and art education. Her high school teaching practice, as well as her museum experiences, have shaped her research interests.

Emma is as fascinated by museum education and new technologies as she is by filmmaking and emerging digital arts practices in schools. These digital practices allow the combination of her passions for music, dance, performance, and the visual arts. Among her recent projects, she has explored social media use as an artistic and digital storytelling tool. Her SSHRC-funded PhD research focuses on the use of social media as teaching and learning tools in museums. She has presented research papers at a dozen national and international conferences this past year. As a singer-songwriter, Emma has also performed her music in over 60 shows and festivals in the past decade and has featured her performance-dance films in juried exhibitions and film festivals. With Julie Talbot, she is a co-founder of the Festival canadien de cinéma jeunesse | Canadian Youth Film Festival . This festival showcases and celebrates films by elementary and high school students.