Emma's Torch

Emma’s Torch is a non-profit social enterprise organization with a mission to train refugees, asylees, and survivors of human trafficking in the culinary arts and empower them to build meaningful careers in the culinary industry. Emma's Torch students participate in a full-time, paid, culinary training program in preparation for job placement. 

The name Emma’s Torch honors Emma Lazarus, a staunch advocate for refugee rights, whose poem, “The New Colossus,” adorns the Statue of Liberty.