Daniel is an urbanist, researcher, and artist, currently located in the Washington DC region from where he works as an independent consultant on areas of Disaster Response and Preparedness, Urban Development, Knowledge Management, Contemporary Culture, and the Arts.

His dedication to the area of Disaster Preparedness and Response coalesced during the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when he was deployed to the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans shortly after the peak of the disaster by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Daniel supported the effort of local residents and community representatives to be at the center of the process of evaluation and reconstruction of their communities.
In Mississippi with the help of dedicated volunteers he coordinated groups of professionals to evaluate building damages pro bono, and facilitated the engagement of the local architectural community during the reconstruction process set by the state. In New Orleans, he assisted with the preparation and deployment of the conference that brought together for the first time representatives of all affected communities in order to craft a plan for their common future. In the following year, Daniel also followed through with some of the developments on the ground, including monitoring the forums organized for the population displaced from the region.
As a result, Daniel was the Project Manager involved during the following years in crafting a proposal to develop a Comprehensive Response System for the AIA, enabled and monitored the deployment of the resulting plan, and developed the tools and resources to equip volunteers and organizations at the community level, while supporting other efforts to respond to several disasters.

Daniel offers his services to organizations, groups, and individuals interested to analyze, implement, or develop best practices regarding disaster preparedness and response, support knowledge management strategies, and evaluate broader urban culture topics.

Alongside Disaster Bound, Daniel also manages the Spanish platform Daquella manera dedicated to art proposals, cultural debates, and socio-political commentary.

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