Danielle’s (she/her, Los Angeles, CA) interest in bikepacking started with transit accessible solo weekend trips from Philadelphia, and eventually built up her off-road skills and confidence – and found the importance of community – with support from groups like Women Bike PHL and Radical Adventure Riders. Committed to gender and racial access to the outdoors, Danielle was co-founder of WTF Bike Explorers’ (precursor to RAR) Mid-Atlantic chapter and is now active with the Wild Wolf Cycling Collective. Her professional experience includes developing bike and pedestrian infrastructure as a transportation planner, advocating for safe streets across Baltimore, and providing pro-bono architecture and planning services for community organizations. Danielle has a BFA in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon and a masters in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA.