Danni has served for over 20 years as an activist, policy expert, and organizer in TwoSpirit, Trans and LGBQIA+ communities across the United States and Europe. As our founding Executive Director, Danni helped lead Gender Justice League in expanding access to transition-related healthcare, banning conversion therapy throughout Washington, defeating 6 anti-trans legislative bills, crushing 2 anti-Trans ballot measures, launching our mutual-aid project to support survivors of gender-based violence, and successfully producing 11 Trans Pride events in Seattle. In 2016, Danni also became the first Trans person to ever run for statewide office in Washington State.

In 2018, after being targeted by the Trump Administration, Danni was forced to seek asylum in Sweden, having been denied a passport to return home. Upon returning in 2020, after settling her case through the UN Human Rights Council, Danni relocated to Washington DC to work as a Senior Health Policy Analyst supporting the passage of the HEROES and CARES Acts through Congress. Danni is now based primarily in Washington, DC and splits her time in Seattle where she has deep roots.