Emily Lerman

Emily is a co-founder and worker-owner at Mera Kitchen Collective in Baltimore, Maryland. Established in 2018 as a way for new friends and neighbors to come together to share story-worthy food from around the world, Mera Kitchen has grown from small pop-ups and farmers market stalls to their first brick-and-mortar restaurant. Before moving to Baltimore, Emily spent 7 years with Doctors Without Borders, engaged in field operations throughout Central and East Africa and Southern Asia. She received her Masters in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and her Masters in Accounting from the University of Colorado. Emily intended for her stay in Baltimore to be a short one, but that quickly changed as the city became her favorite place to live.