Danielle was born and raised in Illinois with her three sisters. She and her twin sister entered the foster care system at 18 months old. They finally found their forever family when they were three years old. Danielle wrote her first book in her senior year Advanced Creative Writing class and plans to continue to write children's books. She, along with 50 other students In Illinois, received a college scholarship through the Department of Children and Family Services. She is attending Illinois State University where she is studying child development. She hopes her book will spread awareness about foster care and plans on donating her profits to organizations that help children in care.