Daniel has six years of working in policing and public safety for public, academic, and nonprofit institutions. Currently, he is a policy and Statistical Analyst at the City of Seattle Office of Inspector General for Public Safety (OIG).

Before joining OIG, Daniel was a consultant for Innovations for Poverty Action, where he researched the implementation of Operation Ceasefire in two California cities. Prior to that, Daniel was an advisor to the Undersecretary of the National Commission of Security in Mexico. His work included drafting federal public security policies, researching alongside academic partners, and preparing strategical briefings for the Federal Police Chief and the Federal Commissioner of Security.

Daniel has a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, where he was named Julius Babbit Fellow, and a Master in Economics from Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology. Besides public safety, Daniel focuses his work on racial and ethnic justice.