Emmanuel attends the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville where he studies violin. Emmanuel travels the world performing on the violin and giving advocacy talks. Emmanuel has played the violin since he was 6 years old. He speaks English, French, Spanish and is currently studying Latin. Emmanuel has visited Mexico, Honduras, Canada, Ireland, France, Turkey, Nicaragua, Argentina, and India. He has performed in many of these countries.
In addition to studying music, Emmanuel enjoys swimming, playing golf, and biking. When he was 13, he set six Junior Down Syndrome World Records in long course freestyle.