Originally from Arkansas, Dani has an MFA in Creative Writing-Poetry from UNR Lake Tahoe (formerly Sierra Nevada College) and is a graduate of Hendrix College where she studied English-CW.

Currently, Dani is a reader and editor at Sierra Nevada Review and a reader for ONLY POEMS. She adjuncts and conducts ABA therapy in Norfolk, VA.

Her work has appeared in Sangam, The Talon Review, infinite↓scroll, A Thin Slice of Anxiety, AuVert Magazine, and eMerge Magazine. Using their poetry & essays, Dani hopes to achieve a sense of unity with readers.