She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Miami, and her Juris Doctor from the FIU College of Law. She is a former Division Chief at the Miami-Dade State Attorneyâ€™s Office where she prosecuted homicides, supervised division attorneys, and served on the Human Trafficking Task Force. Ms. Emmanuel was in Class VIII of the Miami Fellows and serves as a Peer Collaborator for the Mandela Washington Fellows. She is currently appointed to the Citizens Advisory Committee for the General Obligations Bond Program for Miami-Dade County and was recognized by Legacy Magazine as one of Miami's 40 Under 40 Black Leaders of Today and Tomorrow of 2016.