He was innate around 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He late relocated to Burnaby, British Columbia to continue how to training by using his coach Joanne Mcleod at a B.C. Centre of Excellence. He began skating at a age of Eighter & exposed at Canada's National Ballet School. His ballet educational videos & East Indian/Italian heritage has given him the unique style & look. He was a American Nationals Champion within 2001, 2003, and 2004, and he won a Grand Prix Final within 2003. Emanuel recently became a men's champion at Skate Canada 2004.