My name is Gabriella Mandato. I was born and raised in Mississauga, Canada. I went to a Catholic High School called Iona Catholic Secondary School, I went there for the arts program for dance. I was a very athletic person growing up, I started figure skating at a very young age and continue to skate on a regular basis.

I thought figure skating was going to be my career for the future until I got osgood schlatters disease. It wasn't getting cured so I decided to end my figure skating career and just enjoy it for fun. It was hard deciding what to do as a career after that. I took a co-op class at my high school to help start a future career, but it was hard picking something other than figure skating. Until my teacher introduced me into starting in makeup and do volunteer work at this cosmetic line in Canada called Faces. I really enjoyed working there and learning new things about beauty makeup and was considering starting a career in makeup.