Emerald Phan

Emerald Phan, a character from the High School Story series, is the host of Going Green, a show that your twin and Rory like. She makes her first appearance in Class Act, Book 2, Chapter 1.

Appearance

Emerald has brown eyes, blonde hair, and fair skin. She wears a green beret and green earrings, a white-collared blue-striped three-quarters-length-sleeved sweater, and black pants.

Personality

Emerald appears warm, friendly, and personable. When your twin mentions that Lorenzo planted a kitten in front of a carriage to film a rescue, she is upset by the animal cruelty and wants to help your twin and Rory in their campaign.

Background

Emerald tells you her mission of Going Green started when a friend roped her into a protest in college (when she was an undergrad) against fossil fuels. She became wrapped up in the cause, and got into documentaries about the food industry and sustainable eating. There, she had an epiphany that film and television are the best ways to reach people on a massive scale, so she decided her dream was to be on TV. Making new green spaces in unexpected areas is her favorite, which she calls "guerilla nature-ing".

Chapters

High School Story

Class Act, Book 2

Chapter 1: Ice to Meet You
Chapter 12: Planting New Seeds (Offscreen; Physical Appearance Determinant)
Chapter 13: Team Green
Chapter 14: Be My Valentine
Chapter 15: New Roots

Class Act, Book 3

Chapter 6: Will They or Won't They? (Mentioned)
Chapter 14: The Actual Tempest (Mentioned)

Save the Date

Chapter 15: Love and Marriage (Mentioned; Determinant)

Foreign Affairs

Chapter 3: Revisionist History (Mentioned; Determinant)

Relationships

Your Character

Although you enjoy the show Going Green, you are not as "into" it as your twin and Rory are. In Chapter 12, when you, your twin, Rory, Ajay, and Erin brainstorm a way to compete against Lorenzo, you all decide to turn the abandoned/dilapidated workshop into a greenhouse and decide to contact Emerald to see if she can help by providing tips and possibly by coming to Berry High in support. When she calls Rory, she invites Rory - who then invites you and your twin - to lunch. If you decide to go, you learn more about her.

Your Twin Sibling

In Book 2, Chapter 1, you discover your twin sibling watching a show on his laptop. S/he seems mesmerized by Emerald Phan and her show. When s/he carpools with you and Rory, you find them both bonding over the show. In Chapter 12, you and your friends contact her in an attempt to recruit her expertise and services while beating Lorenzo in the election for Student Body President.

Rory Silva

In Chapter 12, Rory uses his/her email to contact Emerald on behalf of you, your twin sibling, and himself/herself. S/he is giddy about giving Emerald his/her phone number, and meeting Emerald in person. When Rory and your twin tell her about the fight that has been happening, she is reminded of a time in graduate school where she was in academic warfare with a fellow graduate student. They disagreed so heavily that they began to sabotage each other's research, until the time they were working late in the lab together. Their tension turned into good tension and then, they dated for five months and wrote a paper together. If Rory is your love interest, you object slightly because you are dating Rory and you don't want Rory to date your twin instead.

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Trivia

She graduated from university with a post-graduate degree.
Emerald is her favorite gemstone. Amy is her legal first name.
- Since her first name is Amy, she shares the same name as Amy from LoveHacks, Book 1, the default name of MC from Bloodbound, Amy Stevenson from The Elementalists series and Amy Lancaster from With Every Heartbeat.
Simon Hendricks mentions having an interview with her coming up in the last chapter of Save the Date.
In Book 3, Chapter 14, you find a tabloid magazine stating that Emerald is in a love triangle with Guy Fieri and the Prince of Wales.
It is implied that Emerald Phan would be a descendant of Vietnamese, since her surname (Phan), is a surname of Vietnamese origin.
She is mentioned in Chapter 3 of Foreign Affairs if you decide to swap phones with Blaine.
- She received a medal of honor from Ardona for raising climate change awareness. She is mentioned to be a celebrity chef.