Meet The Writers | Francine Daniels
The Writers' Colony by The Writers' Colony
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A cultural stew of “da” Boogie Down South Bronx, Panamanian, and St. Lucian roots, Francine Daniels is a Black, queer, disabled writer and actor in no particular identity order.
Her love of affair with writing and acting was born out of reading 15 books a week as a kid and being enthralled by Broadway theatre. Her edgy and irreverent storytelling is often inspired by her own twisted family dynamics. She revels in writing about unconventional, uncensored, and morally flawed women, who don’t look and live like stereotypes.
Her creative mojo is fueled by travel. So far she’s been to 25 states in the US, lived in six, and visited 30 cities around the world from Paris to Oaxaca. She’s also worked as a journalist, legal researcher at NASA, and a communications executive in the nonprofit sector where she managed large teams and $1M+ budgets. ...