Emily

About Emily

Emily is a young philanthropist with a passion for raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as they work towards finding a cure for cystic fibrosis. She loves all things crafty but is also a geek at heart. One summer Emily convinced her dad to teach her how to code in Python and she took off and hasn't ever looked back.

Emily is a Kohl's Cares Scholarship winner and traveled to the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA to help set a Guinness Book of World Records record for The Most People Trained in Computer Programming in Eight Hours. However, she would like you to know that she already knew how to code and they wouldn't let her code in her preferred Python.

Hey Tweens! Here’s What My Tween Wants You to Know About Instagram

This post was written by my 12 year old daughter, Emily, who started on Instagram to follow my travels for work. She has grown up watching me use social media and wanted to share her perspective with parents and other kids. Lots of tweens these days are clamoring for social media and the most popular…

A Frozen Heart Retells Disney’s Frozen for Tweens with Unique Twists (w. giveaway)

A Frozen Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick is a book based off of the love story of Disney’s Frozen. Angled more toward tweens, A Frozen Heart alternates chapters between Anna and Hans’ life. They finally collide when princess Elsa has organized her coronation. Before then, Hans had spent 3 years preparing for this opportunity by winning…

Haiti Through My Daughter’s Eyes as Youngest Member of #Bloggers4Haiti

We’ve been home from Haiti for just over a week and every time someone asks Emily about her trip, her eyes light up. Today she’s here to share her thoughts about our trip and the many things she experienced through a piece she wrote for Girl Scouts about a place she’s visited and why others should go. Haiti…