Manny grew up in homelessness with his mother up until his toddler years. Manny spent the rest of their childhood in the foster care system where they faced the horrors of group homes with a lack of monitoring and supervision. During his teenage years, Manny became a runaway homeless youth. Today, he works with many organizations dealing with policy and advocacy work and is starting his own clothing brand! Manny uses both he/him and they/them pronouns.