A native of Brooklyn, NY, Daniel is a proud and outspoken Asian American. He spent two years immediately following graduation teaching English at Shanxi Agricultural University in the rural northern town of Taigu, China as a recipient of a Shansi Fellowship. During that time, he had the great privilege of traveling to 18 provinces and municipalities in China as well as eight other countries in Asia. He is currently pursuing an M.A. in Global Affairs at Yale University, where he studies China and international development with a focus on sustainable agriculture. His first book of fiction entitled What Never Leaves based on his travels and work in Asia was published in 2012 by Wilder Voice Press. He is enormously excited to be working with Kiva Zip in Nairobi this summer, and is committed to approaching this and every new experience with curiosity, daring and respect.