An international theatre creator and the co-founding co-artistic director of The Chop, with over twenty-five playwriting credits spanning her career, Emelia is also an ongoing contributor to CBC Radio, telling personal stories about motherhood, addiction, grief, her body, and other forbidden topics for almost twenty years. In performance and writing, Emelia explores dark matters using comedy as her weapon of choice. A ‘social acupuncturist,’ she’s known to poke where it hurts to create healing. A alumni of Studio 58, and the SFU Writers Studio and graduate program, Emelia has lectured at SFU and UBC, and also runs creativity workshops and retreats.

She lives in the woods with her family.