Originally from Cortlandt Manor, New York, Both Danielle's parents are of Puerto Rican descent and retired NYPD officers. At fifteen years old she, along with her mother, moved to Los Angeles, California to further pursue her goals and aspirations as an actress. While accomplishing so much in her career, Danielle took the time to earn her Cosmetology License as well as a B.S in Psychology from The University of Phoenix all while being a mother to her son, Benson (Benny).

Danielle landed her first commercial at only four years old and has had an ongoing success in modeling and acting for over 2 decades. Becoming a Broadway star at only 9 years old, Danielle was cast as ‘Young Nala’ in ‘The Lion King’ on Broadway in 2009, which led to many opportunities like performing on “Saturday Night Live” with Jimmy Fallon and hosting a season of commercial breaks for the Women's National Basketball Association. Further credits include guest-starring on “ER”, “Without A Trace”, “NCIS”, “Home Economics”, and “Good Trouble”, a recurring role on “Vida” and “This Is Us” and starring alongside Melissa Joan Hart in the Christmas Movie” Mistletoe in Montana”. Now, the rising star makes her mark on Amazon’s BOSCH: Legacy and can be seen in the Jennifer Lopez film “This Is Me….Now”