Emma Ruby-Sachs is the daughter of Madam Justice Harriet Sachs of Ontario Superior Court of Justice and former Clayton Ruby.
Her father Clayton Charles Ruby CM was a Canadian lawyer and activist, specializing in constitutional and criminal law and civil rights.
Emma Ruby-Sachs is a writer, lawyer and the Executive Director of SumOfUs.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and received a Doctor of Law (JD) from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
Ruby-Sachs is the author of The Waterman’s Daughter, a literary novel set in South Africa, released in 2011 and her writing has been published in The Guardian, The Nation, Huffington Post, and other international outlets.
She previously was the Deputy Director at Avaaz, practiced constitutional appellate law and administrative law and worked on issues of wrongful arrest and wrongful conviction in Canada.
Emma Ruby-Sachs currently lives in Chicago, IL with her partner, Jane Saks and their daughter.