Danielle has worked as a therapist in many places, including the Veterans Administration, outpatient clinics, foster care, and with families. She is working on her doctorate at Montclair State University (MSU) in the Family Science and Human Development Department. As a therapist, she uses an approach that is trauma-informed, fights against discrimination, and understands how society shapes people's lives. She has worked with many different groups of people.

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At MSU, Danielle created and teaches a year-long program for the Disability Rights, Education, Activism, & Mentoring (DREAM) Group. The program covers topics like self-care, disability justice, laws, history, intersectionality, relationships, and more. She has also taught as an adjunct professor at Saint Joseph's University and created a course on disability and kink for sexpositivity.org.

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As a researcher and activist, Danielle studies how disability and sexuality connect, especially for queer people with mobility disabilities. She looks at how they experience pleasure in different ways (emotionally, mentally, and physically) while dealing with society’s expectations. Her goal is to give a voice to people who are often left out of conversations about sexual health, pleasure(s), and reproduction. Danielle is also working towards her sex therapist license.

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She has had to move through Crip time and truly challenge herself. She has made new friends and developed new relationships that only encourage her to continue pushing forward, with one roll at a time (unless it's uphill, that may take her three rolls up and one roll back, but together we will get there!). Thank you!