WELCOME! I am Danielle. I work professionally as a therapist and have worked for many places, including the Veterans Administration, outpatient clinics, foster care agencies, and with families. I am currently working on my doctorate at Montclair State University (MSU) in the Family Science and Human Development Department. As a therapist, I use an approach that is trauma-informed, fights against discrimination, and understands how society shapes people's lives. I have worked with many different groups of people.

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At MSU, I created and teach 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. I have also taught psychology classes 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, I study how disability and sexuality connect, especially for queer people with mobility disabilities. I look at how they experience pleasure in different ways (emotionally, mentally, and physically). My goal is to give a voice to people who are often left out of conversations about sexual health, pleasure(s), and reproduction. I am also working towards my sex therapist license.

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