While she is of Filipina descent, Ember Snow was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia of all places. She came to the US while still a child and has been here ever since. Ember grew up in a very strict household with unlimited access to the internet. There she engaged in platonic relationships and fueled her imagination playing video games, reading manga and being fascinated by porn. While completely captivated by the openness of the men and women of the industry, she herself remained very closed off sexually, afraid that if she gave into her desires, she might discover she’d like it too much.

She was right. In a good way.

Ember is attracted to both men and women, but she discovered her attraction to women at a very early age. Of course, being told that those kinds of desires were “wrong” made her very hesitant to explore. She still had a non-sexual relationship with a woman for several years before finally losing her virginity to the “right guy.” She has said of that encounter, “It was like someone flipped a switch. I realized that there was nothing to be afraid of, and suddenly I wanted nothing more than to experience anything and everything I had fantasized about.”

Ember was trained as a mainstream actress but realized quickly that the opportunities for Asian Actresses were slim. She didn’t like being pigeonholed as a stereotype and wanted to be able to pursue roles regardless of her race. As a result, she turned her attention to producing. She and her business partner had several projects in development and ready for funding, but Ember grew tired of the “money-men” approaching her for sex in exchange for the money to finance her dreams. She finally made a bold decision: she was going to ditch her mainstream acting career for a career in porn. There she could raise the money for her projects independently and, at the same time, explore her sexuality in a safe and controlled environment.