She loves to help writers who are returning to their vibrant inner lives.

Many of Danielle’s community members have taken long breaks from their creativity to establish a career, raise children, or caretake for their loved ones. Some of them were never nurtured or respected as artists and had to abandon or downplay that side of themselves in order to survive. Danielle helps writers rekindle their creativity. She also assists professional writers as they continue their learning journeys outside of secondary education.

As Founding Director of The Poetry Lab, Danielle has facilitated over 180 workshops, including feedback sessions, 4 and 5 week courses, and generative writing classes on a variety of topics. She has taught at Hugo House, the Boca de Oro festival, various high schools, and at The Poetry Lab. She highlights the importance of reading, working from a diverse living library of poets. She also enjoys focusing on new and invented forms, prose poetry, pop culture and technology.

Danielle believes everyone has written poetry at one time in their lives and loves to see people through seasons of creative expansion. In one-on-one sessions she works to help writers revitalize their manuscripts, renew their love of language, and approach their craft with radical self-compassion.