She reveals that she had gone to Emma's home and she wasn't there and she called her cell phone and she never answered. Manny rushes to Toby's house to meet him with and J.T. When Manny asks to help, Emma declines, leaving Manny worried. She asks Emma if she would like to come over, but Emma says she has to watch a documentary. When Emma says that she isn't going to go, Manny expresses her relief. In Mother and Child Reunion (2), Manny asks Emma over the phone if she had made up her mind about seeing Jordan. Manny stays the night at Emma's house and tells her that maybe Toby might be right about the danger of meeting Jordan and says that maybe she should speak to her mom about it. Manny claims that it's fate that he's coming out there and that she should meet him. Later on, she and her friends are at the park discussing Emma going to meet Jordan. Manny is anxious that they might get caught, and is surprised when Jordan tells Emma he wants to meet her the next day. When the three come across the computer lab, she meets Toby, and runs into the lab to check e-mails with Emma. The two continue talking about Jordan as they get acquainted with their school and look at old reunion photos. Once they get to the school, she, Emma, and J.T. The two are reading e-mails from the boy Emma likes when Spike tells them to come down so they aren't late to set up for the reunion. In Mother and Child Reunion (1), Manny is introduced in Emma's room with Emma. Her parents mention several times about how their family are immigrants from the Phillipines. In Venus (2), Manny told Peter Stone that she had been best friends with Emma since daycare. She has been in a relationship with Jay Hogart since Degrassi Goes Hollywood. Sinclair, but seems to have made peace with all of them. She was rivals with Paige Michalchuk, Ellie Nash, Ashley Kerwin, Peter Stone, and Holly J. Additional friends of hers include Spinner Mason, Marco Del Rossi, Sean Cameron, Chantay Black, Mia Jones, and Kelly Ashoona. Yorke (before his death) and Toby Isaacs. Her other best friends are Liberty Van Zandt, and her boyfriend Jay Hogart. She is also very close friends with Darcy Edwards who she had an on and off conflict with, J.T. Her lifelong best friend since childhood is Emma Nelson. She attended Smithdale University and starred in Mewesical High, a musical film about the director Jason Mewes' life. In the earlier seasons, Manny had noted initially that she wanted to be a fashion designer, but her dreams later changed to wanting to pursue a career in acting.

Her romantic and somewhat promiscuous ways resulted in her sleeping with someone who was in a relationship, thus becoming pregnant and having her reputation plummet, despite ultimately deciding on an abortion. She was initially portrayed as bubbly and innocent, if not shy, and was seen as 'adorable.' However, throughout her early high school years, she prioritized popularity and acknowledgment, resulting in a variety of decisions she regretted thereafter. Manny is arguably the most developed character out of the original cast from Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Cassie Steele Manuella 'Manny' Santos is a Class of 2007 graduate of Degrassi Community School.

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