Dani is a long-time advocate for affordable housing with over a decade of experience planning, building, and operating affordable and supportive housing. She is Senior Project Manager for Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation, overseeing development of affordable housing communities. Her career includes multiple roles with the San Diego Housing Commission, where she worked to allocate funding for over 800 units of affordable housing and helped design Housing First – San Diego, an action plan to create permanent housing solutions in San Diego.

Dani serves as Board Secretary of the San Diego Housing Federation, and is a past Board Chair of Wesley House Student Residence, a nonprofit committed to affordable housing and services for low-income college students. She holds an MPA from San Diego State University with a concentration in City Planning, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning, and Public Financial Management.