Dimitri Nana-Côté is was born in Gaspé, Canada, in 1998, but grew up in Quebec City with his mother. At the age of 19, he moved to Montreal to study Film Production at Concordia's University in Montreal. The same year, Nana-Côté started getting involved in the drag scene of Quebec City and Montreal, building his stage character "Kiara Schatzi" .
