

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, Sav Bhandari, Hazel Aden 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.
