Emma Guest-Consales, Ph.D. founder and principal guide of My New York City Tours, is an experienced guide and lecturer who has taught classes and guided tours on the art and architectural history in New York City for over twenty years. As an official New York City Tour Guide with a license from the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, Emma conducts tours of all Five Boroughs and beyond. She offers bespoke private and small group tours as well as public walking tours with Bowery Boys Walking Tours. She recently joined the team of certified architectural tour guides for AIANY with Classic Harbor Lines. 

Emma is past President of GANYC and current Chair of the GANYC IT/Web Committee; she has been an active member of GANYC since joining in 2011. She has also served on the Board as Recording Secretary and Vice President. She is currently Vice President of the World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations (WFTGA) where she also served as Area Representative for North America, the Caribbean, and Oceania, and as member of the Finance Inspection Committee. She is an Affiliate member of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANY) and conducts the "Architecture Around Manhattan" tour for the AIANY with Classic Harbor Lines. She is also a volunteer at the Thomas J. Watson Library in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Emma was Tour Ambassador Captain at the One World Observatory at One World Trade Center for over ten years.

Emma holds a doctorate degree in Italian Renaissance art. Currently a resident of New Jersey, she lived in Manhattan for seven years and continues to work in and around New York City. She is completely fluent in Italian, so all tours are suitable for Italian visitors.