anti-social studies
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highlighting historical organizations
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OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER
Emily was invited by the Obama Foundation to tour the Obama Presidential Center along with four other content creators before its public opening. This included a meeting with President Obama to discuss the process of creating his presidential library. From that experience, she created a YouTube feature video and multiple social media posts to increase interest in visiting the Center and museum.
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highlighting historical
organizations
LBJ PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM (2023-2026)
Through a years-long partnership, Emily has helped raise awareness among Austin-area educators of the resources and support offered by the LBJ Library Education Team. This includes social media posts and live events like her Teacher Meet-Up in April 2026.
National council for the social studies (2025)
Emily attended the 2025 Annual Conference as the official NCSS social media representative, creating content throughout the weekend to highlight the caliber of speakers and professional opportunities (and encourage more educators to attend future conferences.)
HEINZ HISTORY CENTER (2023)
Emily toured the Pittsburgh museum and created posts highlighting their temporary exhibit, "The Negro Motorist Green Book."
national archives foundation (2023)
Emily created a podcast episode and social media content to highlight artifacts from the temporary exhibit, "All American: The Power of Sports."
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promoting progressive causes
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texas freedom network
Emily created content to raise awareness for the work of TFN, specifically their advocacy throughout the Texas SBOE's problematic process of altering the state social studies standards. This partnership has included social media posts and live events (Emily was a featured speaker at their Teach the Truth Rally in April 2026 and she organized and hosted a fundraising event for TFN's Throwdown Fund along with PowerPints and the Highball in June 2026 that raised over $1,800.)
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Average Views per Post: 30,575
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Emily was invited as press to attend the national day of action in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama on May 16, 2026. She created content to raise awareness of nationwide attempts to weaken voting rights, especially in the southern states.
All roads lead south (2026)
Emily was tasked with telling her audience about the "Cap, Gown, & Ballot" voter registration drive across high schools in the spring of 2026.
Civics center (2026)
Emily was invited, along with two other content creators, to interview Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. From their conversation, she created a featured YouTube video and social media posts.
Senator mark kelly (2026)
All roads lead south (2026)
Emily was invited as press to attend the national day of action in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama on May 16, 2026. She created content to raise awareness of nationwide attempts to weaken voting rights, especially in the southern states.
Civics center (2026)
Emily was tasked with telling her audience about the "Cap, Gown, & Ballot" voter registration drive across high schools in the spring of 2026.
Senator mark kelly (2026)
Emily was invited, along with two other content creators, to interview Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. From their conversation, she created a featured YouTube video and social media posts.
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educational media
SPOTLIGHT
2026 teacher meet-up "tour"
Sponsored by Ancestry Classroom, Emily has planned, promoted, and hosted teacher events around the country with the goal of building community through hybrid social-professional events.
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supporting teachers
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U.S. history curriculum
In 2025, Emily released comprehensive unit plans covering every era of U.S. History. Each unit plan, also bundled into three courses, include lectures, notes, skills-based activities, and document-based assessments.
national center for civil & human rights (2026)
Emily created and led a virtual educator workshop on "Teaching 'Controversial' Topics" in social studies classrooms. Using her 12 years experience teaching current events courses in high school, she shared best practices and resources to help teachers navigate the fraught political climate.
stone center for latin american Studies at Tulane (2025)
Emily developed and presented a live workshop on "Teaching the U.S.-Mexico Border" in collaboration with the education team at the Stone Center. This included an original 43-page unit plan with unique activities, DBQs, and other resources for educators.
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educating the public
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youtube series
Every week for 1.5 years, Emily posted a 10-15 minute lecture. From Jamestown to Obama, she built a library of 72 videos to give anyone in her audience an engaging and relevant introduction to U.S. History.
With more families choosing to educate their kids outside the traditional school system, Emily realized there weren't a lot of good options for families seeking a documents-based, inclusive and secular U.S. History curriculum. She built three fully asynchronous online courses with lecture notes, skills-based activities, and assessments for students grade 8 and above.
u.s. history homeschool
The Brave Writer Podcast
The Happy Homeschooler
Liberal Currents
podcast appearances
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u.s. history homeschool
With more families choosing to educate their kids outside the traditional school system, Emily realized there weren't a lot of good options for families seeking a documents-based, inclusive and secular U.S. History curriculum. She built three fully asynchronous online courses with lecture notes, skills-based activities, and assessments for students grade 8 and above.
podcast appearances
The Brave Writer Podcast
The Happy Homeschooler
Liberal Currents
Emily has appeared as a guest on podcasts, including:
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Liberal Currents
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partnering with aligned businesses
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history channel
Emily has worked with the History Channel on multiple occasions, including twice as a featured guest on episodes of History's Greatest Mysteries. She also has created content to drive viewers to new programming, like the documentary FDR. (2024-2025)
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partnering with aligned
businesses
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Emily created videos contextualizing news stories discovered on the Ground News app with the goal of driving subscribers to the app.
Ground News (2025-2026)
With the release of its film House of Dynamite, Netflix, partnering with Back from the Brink, tasked Emily with creating content to promote the film and increase awareness for grassroots efforts to work toward a nuclear-free world.
Netflix (2025)
Through multiple partnerships, Emily has created content highlighting Ancestry's resources and encouraging subscriptions.
Ancestry (2023-2024)
With advanced access to the miniseries Lockerbie, Emily created a video promoting the series and its focus on historical accuracy.
peacock (2025)
Ground News (2025-2026)
Emily created videos contextualizing news stories discovered on the Ground News app with the goal of driving subscribers to the app.
Netflix (2025)
With the release of its film House of Dynamite, Netflix, partnering with Back from the Brink, tasked Emily with creating content to promote the film and increase awareness for grassroots efforts to work toward a nuclear-free world.
peacock (2025)
With advanced access to the miniseries Lockerbie, Emily created a video promoting the series and its focus on historical accuracy.
Ancestry (2023-2024)
Through multiple partnerships, Emily has created content highlighting Ancestry's resources and encouraging subscriptions.
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