Emily Salguero was born and raised in Athens, Ga. She holds an undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of Georgia. She has lived in California, Colorado, Hawaii and El Salvador and she has also had the opportunity to visit Mexico, Guatemala, Haiti and Ecuador. Emily recently returned from El Salvador where she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the youth development program. Emily loves to photograph people and nature and she first ventured into photography in 2001 when she took a black and white darkroom class at Colorado State University - Pueblo. She has a strong interest in human rights especially for women, children, and refugees. She has been involved in Amnesty International since high school and hopes to promote human rights through photography. Emily is currently teaching yoga in Athens.

Emily visited Haiti in April 2007 to help out at Ecole St. Barthelemy School a Montessori school which provides education and meals to children in the impoverished town of Terrier Rouge. Bethlehem Ministry which funds the school has recently finished building a health clinic in Terrier Rouge. To find out more about these projects and their fight against poverty visit their website at bethlehemministry.org.