Hi, I’m Dani.

I’m a homegrown Texan and multi-passionate artist. My creative practice hinges on collaboration and community, spanning limitless mediums, and I considers myself a permanent student of the universe.

The fancy stuff: I earned my Master of Fine Arts in Writing with an emphasis in Poetry and Playwriting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I also have a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of North Texas.

The fun stuff: I’m an accomplished actor and playwright, and my one-woman show, On Monsters Built from Bees and Bone, was first produced in 2018. My graduate thesis and original Lady Gaga jukebox musical, Monster, included a fully conceptualized and co-produced album released in 2021. My poetry and creative nonfiction, often urgent in nature and rooted in connectivity, fury, and the female-identifying experience, have been published nationally in several notable literary magazines. I often host local writing workshops and spoken-word events, and founded the community writing series, ARTeries. 

In 2022, I co-founded my photography business, Boy Howdy Co. In 2023, I launched my Substack, Paper Bones, where you can follow my train of thought and world travels.

In my spare time, you can find me shooting on my Canon A-1 film camera, planning and daydreaming about my next adventure, trying a new coffee shop, cooking something spicy, reading the latest fantasy series, dancing to my favorite music in my living room, or strutting my stuff in a fabulous outfit.