ABOUT

Emily Hyland is a poet, mindful movement teacher, & restauranteur. She is the author of My Wise Little Ghost, (Trio House Press, 2026), Divorced Business Partners: A Love Story (Howling Bird Press, 2024) & Emily: The Cookbook (Ballantine Books, 2018). Her third poetry collection, BREASTS, will be published by Cornerstone Press in 2027.

Hyland is the eponymous co-founder of the international restaurant groups Pizza Loves Emily & Emmy Squared Pizza. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she co-owns & directs YogaSource, a beloved studio where she teaches an array of classes from vinyasa flow to yin to strength training & hosts writing workshops & a poetry reading series. There, she endeavors to infuse her classroom with warmth and positivity. Her teaching centers around encouraging students to tune into nuanced expressions of proprioception in order to develop ongoing, active dialogue with the body.

Learn more: emmysquaredpizza.com / pizzalovesemily.com

SHARING KINDNESS & WELLBEING

BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS

In July 2023, Emily embarked on a 2-part procedure, spanning the year, to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy with DIEP-flap reconstruction. Though she does not have the BRCA gene, she is high-risk through family history; her mom, aunt, and great aunt all died of breast cancer, and her cousin has battled breast cancer for over a decade.

At only thirty, Emily had her first lumpectomy; less than a year after her mom died, she had a cyst aspirated. Two more popped up on her following mammogram. Fortunately, everything was benign, but the recurring nature of suspicious tissue was enough to compel her to advocate for herself and take this radical action.

Emily is eager to use her platform more and more to amplify the importance of breast health awareness. She is a brand ambassador for Meadow, which designs bras with both comfort and style in mind, for women post-surgery. Emily has written two poetic memoirs about her experience in hopes those will be published and bring even more attention to the complex emotional landscape of the previvor/breast cancer journey.

Additionally, annually, for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month every October, Emily in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn embarks on a fundraising campaign to support The Breasties, which is the first all-inclusive nonprofit organization that creates a community for survivors, previvors, stage four thrivers, and caregivers impacted by breast and gynecologic cancers. All month long, the restaurant offers a special fundraising menu where special prizes are rewarded to guests in exchange for donations, in addition to menu items that are designated for a portion of proceeds donation. The restaurant also holds a special complimentary weekend brunch for Breasties members.

Emily Hyland also supports this initiative at her yoga studio in Santa Fe, YogaSource, with donation-based classes. The restaurant matches these donations.

Charities and Organizations

The Breasties is the first all-inclusive nonprofit organization that creates community for survivors, previvors, stage 4 thrivers, and caregivers impacted by breast and gynecologic cancers.

Poets House is an non-profit poetry library and haven of tranquility located in the heart of Manhattan. Poets House has been severely impacted by the recent cuts in grant funding, so every donation goes a long way to support this important arts institution.

Espanola Humane Society is an open-door shelter whose mission is to improve the lives of animals in underserved communities that goes above and beyond to serve the rescue needs of animals in Northern New Mexico.