Emily Stenson was raised in Tokyo, Japan. She attended Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, WA where she studied and received a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Performance in May, 2015. She performed in multiple operas and musicals while an undergraduate. She played the Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Hypolita in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Nights Dream, and featured solos in multiple student-led musical revue productions.