Prior to her work at Edgeworth, Emily worked as an intelligence analyst at a private commercial company based in Washington, D.C. During her time there, she supported a variety of intelligence operations for the U.S. government, private sector businesses and foreign intelligence and law enforcement partnerships. Her education of a double major in international relations and rhetorical communications, combined with a minor in Arabic language, has made her an essential participant in several counterterrorism operations and the GWOT.