diff --git a/bin/cli-users b/bin/cli-users
index 71c51e44d..208db5053 100755
--- a/bin/cli-users
+++ b/bin/cli-users
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ function printUserAsTable(user) {
   table.push(
     {'ID': user.id.gray},
     {'Username': user.username},
-    {'Emails': user.profiles.filter(({provider}) => provider === 'local').map(({id})=> id)
-      .join(', ')},
+    {'Emails': user.emails},
     {'Tags': user.tags ? user.tags.map(({tag: {name}}) => name) : ''},
     {'Role': user.role},
     {'Verified': user.hasVerifiedEmail},
@@ -161,11 +160,7 @@ async function searchUsers() {
         }
 
         return data.users.nodes.map((user) => {
-          const emails = user.profiles
-            .filter(({provider}) => provider === 'local')
-            .map(({id})=> id)
-            .join(', ');
-
+          const emails = user.emails.join(', ');
           return {
             name: `${user.username} (${emails}) ${user.id.gray} - ${user.role.gray}`,
             value: user.id,
@@ -230,8 +225,8 @@ async function verifyUserEmail(userID, email) {
     }
 
     // Get all the user's email addresses.
-    const emails = user.profiles.filter(({provider}) => provider === 'local').map(({id}) => id);
-    if (!emails || emails.length === 0) {
+    const emails = user.emails;
+    if (emails.length === 0) {
       throw new Error('user did not have any email addresses');
     }
 
diff --git a/models/user.js b/models/user.js
index 37edf4dde..70de303e7 100644
--- a/models/user.js
+++ b/models/user.js
@@ -279,6 +279,27 @@ UserSchema.method('can', function(...actions) {
   return can(this, ...actions);
 });
 
+/**
+ * firstEmail will return the first email on the user.
+ */
+UserSchema.virtual('firstEmail').get(function() {
+  const emails = this.emails;
+  if (emails.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return emails[0];
+});
+
+/**
+ * emails will return all the emails on a user.
+ */
+UserSchema.virtual('emails').get(function() {
+  return (this.profiles || [])
+    .filter(({provider}) => provider === 'local')
+    .map(({id}) => id);
+});
+
 /**
  * hasVerifiedEmail will return true if at least one of the local email accounts
  * have their email verified.
diff --git a/routes/api/users/index.js b/routes/api/users/index.js
index fd71fecda..17ecfae75 100644
--- a/routes/api/users/index.js
+++ b/routes/api/users/index.js
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ router.post('/:user_id/email/confirm', authorization.needed('ADMIN', 'MODERATOR'
     }
 
     // Find the first local profile.
-    let localProfile = user.profiles.find((profile) => profile.provider === 'local');
-    if (!localProfile) {
+    const email = user.firstEmail;
+    if (!email) {
       return next(errors.ErrMissingEmail);
     }
 
     // Send the email to the first local profile that was found.
-    await UsersService.sendEmailConfirmation(user, localProfile.id);
+    await UsersService.sendEmailConfirmation(user, email);
 
     res.status(204).end();
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/services/passport.js b/services/passport.js
index 1d5d0ddcf..36c98fc31 100644
--- a/services/passport.js
+++ b/services/passport.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const uuid = require('uuid');
 const debug = require('debug')('talk:services:passport');
 const bowser = require('bowser');
 const ms = require('ms');
+const _ = require('lodash');
 
 // Create a redis client to use for authentication.
 const {createClientFactory} = require('./redis');
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ async function ValidateUserLogin(loginProfile, user, done) {
 
     // If the profile doesn't have a metadata field, or it does not have a
     // confirmed_at field, or that field is null, then send them back.
-    if (!profile.metadata || !profile.metadata.confirmed_at || profile.metadata.confirmed_at === null) {
+    if (_.get(profile, 'metadata.confirmed_at', null) === null) {
       return done(errors.ErrNotVerified);
     }
   }
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ const CheckIfNeedsRecaptcha = (user, email) => {
     throw new Error('ID indicated by loginProfile is not on user object');
   }
 
-  if (profile.metadata && profile.metadata.recaptcha_required) {
+  if (_.get(profile, 'metadata.recaptcha_required', false)) {
     return true;
   }
 
@@ -501,7 +502,7 @@ passport.use(new LocalStrategy({
   }
 
   // Define the loginProfile being used to perform an additional
-  // verificaiton.
+  // verification.
   let loginProfile = {id: email, provider: 'local'};
 
   // Perform final steps to login the user.
diff --git a/services/users.js b/services/users.js
index 33c6047fa..03d10c771 100644
--- a/services/users.js
+++ b/services/users.js
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class UsersService {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Sets or unsets the recaptcha_required flag on a user's local profile.
+   * Sets or removes the recaptcha_required flag on a user's local profile.
    */
   static flagForRecaptchaRequirement(email, required) {
     return UserModel.update(
@@ -436,20 +436,17 @@ class UsersService {
   }
 
   static async sendEmail(user, options) {
-    const localProfile = user.profiles.find(
-      (profile) => profile.provider === 'local'
-    );
-    if (!localProfile) {
-      throw new Error('user does not have an email');
+    const email = user.firstEmail;
+    if (!email) {
+
+      // Rather than throwing an error here, we'll
+      console.warn(new Error('user does not have an email'));
+      return;
     }
 
-    const {id: to} = localProfile;
-
-    options = merge(options, {
-      to,
-    });
-
-    return mailer.send(options);
+    return mailer.send(merge({}, options, {
+      to: email,
+    }));
   }
 
   static async changePassword(id, password) {