Emily Garrick was born in Colby, Kansas, but moved to McCook, Nebraska when in high school. Before that time, Emily had a strong dislike for art (let's blame perfectionist tendencies.) But upon her move to a new school, she was "forced" to take an art class, and she fell in love with creating, even doing commissioned portrait drawings starting at the age of 15.

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Emily's original career plans included pre-medicine, but again her college career reminded her of her love for creating, and she instead graduated with a degree in teaching and entered the workforce as an Art Educator. Her hope as an educator was to encourage self-expression, as well as the concrete skills developed in children through art creation.

 

Though she no longer teaches art in the traditional capacity, she still creates regularly and teaches a Graphic Design course at the local community college in North Platte where she resides with her husband Brad and their son. As a videographer and a portrait artist, Emily enjoys bring others' stories to life. She also likes to dabble a bit in abstract expressionism.