Biography

I was born on June 14th to Margarita and Willy Emanuele in the Jersey City Medical Center. Strangely enough, I was born on the exact same day as my sister but six years after she was born. My family had migrated here from Lima, Peru during the seventies so that they could strive and work to obtain better employment opportunities than those that had been made available to them back in their native country. I was raised under my parent's idea that "I can accomplish absolutely anything that I stuck my mind to, and for those that didn't believe, I should make a liar out of them". I maintained this mindset through my entire life and still carry it with me today. As a young child, my Father encouraged me to attempt many new things to challenge me both mentally and physically regardless of the difficulty. I tried chess, soccer, baseball, basketball, science camps, and Civil Air Patrol. It wasn't until I reached high school where I was influenced by my coaches, faculty and fellow students that made me the self-motivated, dedicated and hard working individual that I am today.

First, was my exposure to Campus Ministry and Community Service. I had never really understood why I should give my time to others if they hadn't done anything for me. Through first hand experience volunteering at Camp Kismet in West Virginia is where I had learned that it was something needed to be done. I adopted the philosophy to lend a helping hand as much as possible and always with the mentality that no reward was needed so long as it got accomplished.

Campus Ministry was another aspect of my high school career of which I was very grateful for. It was through this that I developed my more spiritual side which helped me lead others on Catholic weekend retreats through my senior year.

Finally, there is my passion above all else:


I can proudly say I spent my time productively throughout high school. I was very involved in the Hispanic Society, Mission Drive, Italian Club, and Intramural Club(founder). All of which by my Junior year I held a Vice-President position or higher. All of my activities both in and outside the classroom helped me develop myself into a well-balanced, time orientated, leader that can bring both positive change and refreshing ideas into any organization or classroom.