Emily joins CWDA as a Senior Analyst, Budget and Fiscal Policy. She will be supporting CWDA advocacy on state budget and county fiscal issues across human services policy areas, including self-sufficiency programs, child welfare services, adult programs, and Medi-Cal administration.

Prior to joining CWDA, Emily served for three years at the California Department of Finance as a Finance Budget Analyst with a portfolio including CalWORKs, food assistance, disaster response, housing and homelessness, and immigration. Before this, she worked at the World Resources Institute on climate policy related to country governments’ application of the Paris Agreement. Other past roles include graduate teaching assistant for the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and a research assistant for the UCLA Global Lab for Research in Action.

Emily earned a Master of Public Policy degree from UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs and a bachelor’s degree from UCSB.