Emma Tolliver is an undergraduate student at the University of California, Davis. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science - Public Service with a minor in Human Rights Studies. Tolliver is a member of and peer mentor for UC Davis’s University Honors Program (UHP), a commissioner for the Gender and Sexuality Commission - Associated Students of UC Davis (GASC-ASUCD), and the editor-in-chief of Davis Journal of Legal Studies (DJLS). Tolliver is a two-time recipient of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement “Valuing Open and Inclusive Conversation and Engagement” (VOICE) Initiative Award, which she received for her work as editor-in-chief of DJLS.

Tolliver is a published author. Her published works include academic research papers, poetry, short prose, and a novel. Her most recent publication, an academic research paper entitled "Home (Not) Free: an Evaluation of Housing Costs and California State University (CSU) Graduation Rates", was published in August 2021 in Vol. 32 of Prized Writing, UC Davis’s annual publication consisting of exemplary undergraduate writing from across the disciplines.

Tolliver plans to attend law school after her graduation from UC Davis in June 2023; her ambition is to become a prosecutor within a Victim Services Department and to work on cases related to human trafficking and gender-based violence.