Dani Lee Damas

• Dani's knack for finding and caring for cats in need of extra love first manifested in early childhood, with multiple felines following them home from school over the years.
• A long-time apartment dweller, they have arranged their home and schedule to cater to the needs of their two cats, River and Tundra. The former lives with asthma and anxiety, the latter partial blindness and trauma.
• They have an affinity for waterfowl and aim to spread awareness about the need to restore North America's trumpeter swan population and conserve its wetlands.

Experience

Dani is the acting lead editor for Cuteness. Their professional writing career kicked off in 2016 when HelloGiggles published their first article detailing how K-pop icon G-Dragon helped them uncover their gender identity. After spending the following two years serving as a content marketer for startups and small businesses, Dani leveraged their skill set to break into the video game industry as a features writer for Static Media in 2018. This position led to their appointment as the lead editor for SVG and gaming editor for Looper. They have also edited for Glam, Explore, and Islands.

Education

Dani is pursuing a neuroscience B.S. She hopes to join forces with game studios, publishers, and mental health professionals to develop new technology and design principles to treat mental distress.