Hello,

I'm Danielle.

 A Columbia, South Carolina native, I knew early on that my creativity was going to take me places, and attended the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, a residential high school for performing arts where I studied Viola Performance. I went on to attend Elon University where I received a BA in Arts Administration and double minor in Music and Creative Writing in 2016. After self-publishing a collection of poetry in 2018, The Art In Knowing Me, I decided to pursue my writing professionally, and was accepted into George Mason University where I received an MFA in Poetry. Right before graduating in spring 2021, I moved across the country to Los Angeles.

You can find my poetry and creative nonfiction published online and in print around the world featured in magazines like Golf Coast Journal, Indiana Review, The Pinch, Hobart, PRISM, MixedMag, ucity review, JMWW, Cobra Milk, Hooligan Mag and more. My chapbook, Who All Gon' Be There?, was a finalist for the Button Poetry Chapbook Contest, and selected as runner-up from the Backbone Press 3rd Annual Chapbook Competition where it was published in November 2021. My poem, fa'ñague / fuh-nyah-ghee, was featured in the Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures, the first ever anthology of its kind published by University of Hawai'i. My debut collection of poetry, Chamorrita Song, is forthcoming from University of Arizona Press (January 2026). 

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As a spoken-word artist, I merge my talents to produce musical projects that sing with poetry. Over the years, I have created two spoken-word EP's, At My Own Risk, and, We Fall Down, and one album, Danielle Paige, available on all streaming platforms.

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Ultimately, it is my passion for bringing stories to life that drives my creativity. I hope I can invite people into an experience and perspective in all of its nuanced and unique nature, and create art that works to push the narrative forward.  

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