Daniela “Dani” Capistrano is a queer trans non-binary Latinx storyteller, entrepreneur, media literacy activist, and proud- co-parent.
Through their company DCAP MEDIA, an NGLCC Certified LGBTBE Enterprise, they have helped businesses and nonprofits tell power stories with measurable results since 2010. Dani has called the New Orleans area their adopted home since 2013 and has served on multiple local boards, including Fund 17, to support their mission to help Black and brown entrepreneurs in Louisiana level up their side hustles into livelihoods that support economic growth.
Driven by their curiosity and values, Dani us a founding board member with Connect Northshore: the first LGBTQ+ nonprofit in St. Tammany Parish, a Goldman Sachs 10KSB alum, a member of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, and has been a co-admin of Queer Exchange NOLA (a mutual aid resource for queer and trans New Orleanians) since 2015.
