Growing up in Des Moines in a homeschooling family, drawing and making was simply apart of the fabric of Emily’s young life. With time, however, her interest in making developed into a way of paying attention and pressing more deeply into the life of the world around her. For Emily, keeping a nature journal really formed this practice of paying attention and growing in affection toward the world God made. Her interest in art led Emily to pursue a BFA in Visual Art at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. Since graduating from Belhaven, Emily has been an art teacher, spent time working at Summit Ministries in Colorado, participated in an intentional community fellowship in Texas, worked as a helper at Rochester L’Abri, and is now continuing her art-making process in Wheaton, Illinois as a full-time artist