Danielle is owner of Octane Design Studios, a 13 year old branding and identity firm based in the heart of the Bluegrass. Danielle is a creative, a recently certified prompt engineer, podcaster, strategist, wife and mama of 3. She’s also a lover of Italian cuisine, chai, cosplay, comics and retro gaming. 

With over 15 years of marketing and multimedia agency experience, Danielle began as a grassroots developer & Curator, helping brand and launch over 150 small businesses across America; ⅔ in Kentucky.

As a third generation entrepreneur Danielle is an advocate of non traditional education leading online meetups and workshops for DIY marketing. Her latest education platform Q1 essentials is an gamified digital market cohort to help beginners enhance their digital marketing skills before the first business quarter of the new year. 

In 2021 Danielle restructured and launched Kentucky Creatives an all new Kentucky based membership community comprised of influencers, bloggers, photographers, copywriters, podcasters and more to help connect small businesses with influencers for their brand.

As much as Danielle is passionate about providing creative services she strives to be more than just the graphics she creates. Over the years her hashtag #MoreThanGraphics has become more than just a marketing slogan; its become a life principle for herself that she executes through storytelling and round table discussions with her co-hosts, all women of color as producer of the #MoreThanGraphics podcast.