[2] The biracial son of a Black Canadian father and a Québécois mother, Nana-Côté grew up in Quebec City, and moved to Montreal to study film at Concordia University.

[6] In a post-elimination interview with the entertainment website PopBuzz, Kiara revealed that she had considered impersonating Canada's Drag Race judge Stacey McKenzie.

[7] On June 24, 2020, after production on Canada's Drag Race had wrapped but before the series had begun airing, Kiara was the host of Sainte-Jeanne, an LGBTQ-themed Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day celebration coordinated by singer-songwriter Safia Nolin, whose participants also included comedians Tranna Wintour and Karl Hardy, actress and writer Gabrielle Tremblay, songwriter and producer Annie Sama (Apigeon), rapper Backxwash and drag queens Matante Alex and Gisèle Lullaby.

[9] In the same month, Kiara released her first single as a vocalist, a bilingual collaboration with Matante Alex and Marc-André Sauvageau titled "Straight to Your Heart" in English and "Droit sur ton cœur" in French.

[citation needed] She is an active ballroom participant and part of the Canadian chapter of the Imperial Dynasty Kiki House of Hua Mulan, where she holds the title of "Princess".