Emily Mao
Fellow
She/Her

Emily conducts policy research and media tracking in support of her clients. Her work focuses on climate and responsible AI use.

Before joining Evergreen, Emily worked as a Research Assistant on partisanship in local media for the Department of Government at Harvard University. Committed to philanthropy, she leads the University of Michigan chapter of Kesem, a national non-profit. She has also interned for various law offices and written for on-campus law and policy journals.

Emily is based in Ann Arbor and recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with a concentration in sustainability and climate justice. She enjoys reading books of all genres, weightlifting, and facetiming her sister’s cat Finny.