Emmie's life has always revolved around bikes, coming from a cycling-mad family that played out their own mini Tour de France every summer. She was always after the polka dot jersey, and she usually big-ringed her way to the front of every climb.
That passion for Grand Tours was actually what inspired Emmie to become a translator, and today she works as a freelance translator, photographer and journalist within cycling. She's now based in northern Italy at the foot of the major climbs, racing for GPMs (that's Italian for KOMs) and tentatively working on her descending skills.