After graduating from Monte, Emma began a double degree in Engineering and Psychology at the University of NSW during which time she participated in the New Wave Founders Program; a program for young female entrepreneurs.

The New Wave Founders Program and the impetus of her Year 12 IB Diploma Programme Design Technology major work inspired Emma to create her start-up business, eXsight. Emma is developing a portable screen filter for mobile devices that aids people with colour blindness to differentiate between colours. The product is currently in development and is a working prototype.

After finishing the New Wave Program, Emma sought to gain traction for her business together with her newly-formed team. They placed second in a Health Innovation Hackathon, winning access to mentorship at Fledge Innovation Labs, a MedTech accelerator program based at CSIRO in Lindfield. The business then placed first in the prestigious UNSW Peter Farrell Cup, winning $10,000 as well as creating multiple potential partner and mentor relationships.

Emma is now working on validating her products through research and user-testing and is working with her co-founder to increase marketing and communications for the business. Emma is also starting to mentor other budding entrepreneurs, has spoken recently on a panel about social enterprises, represents eXsight at start-up events and has accepted an offer to return to the New Wave Founders program this year as a mentor.