I just started not caring, thinking, I'm going to be myself and hopefully they'll get me fired and I can go back to New York.

And the opposite happened. People started waking up to talents that I had and the strength I would show and the confidence.

Welcome to No Limits.

I'm Rebecca Jarvis.

Each week, we're talking to women playing at the top of their game. So how are they

doing it? Whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good story, you're in the right

place. Amy Emmerich, Chief Content Officer, Refinery 29. Welcome to No Limits.

Thank you so much. This is very exciting. I'm really excited to talk to you, and I've been looking over your history, your resume. You have been producing now for more than two decades. MTV, Vice Media, the Travel Channel. By the way, when you're at the

Travel Channel, did you actually do the traveling stuff? Never went anywhere. What? I traveled on the

Accela from New York to Maryland. That was my travel experience. That's pretty big. Yes.

You've been at Refinery 29 now for about three years. Almost, yeah.

And you went to school I saw at Iona College.

I did.

What did you study in college?

I actually studied broadcasting.

Really?

They had a film department when I applied and then it was gone by the time I got there.

And you wanted to do film?

And I did broadcasting.

I think originally I thought scripted would be the world for me. And funny enough, I have found my way there eventually. But it was really about making television. I really wanted to make TV. Was that always something as a kid you were drawn to? It was. I grew up in the 70s. So the television was my babysitter. I have a brother who's 10 years older than me, and he watched Star Trek, and my sister watched The Brady Bunch.

And between those two shows, that's kind of the exactly what defines my brain.

I can go to sci-fi, and I still love sci-fi, but I think I really love comedy as well, which is what the

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