[1][2][3] She was listed in DOC NYC's "40 Under 40" in 2022 and was the recipient of the Sundance Institute Producers Lab Fellowship in 2023.
[4][5] In 2024, she was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film".
[6] In 2012, Emma graduated from Duke University, where she was a Robertson Scholar.
[9] Emma produced What We Leave Behind, which premiered at South by Southwest in 2022, winning two Special Jury Awards, and received a Gotham Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.
[10][11] She directed the documentary short The School of Canine Massage, which premiered at South by Southwest in 2024.