Danielle Sharkan is a for­mer teacher with a back­ground in his­to­ry, pol­i­tics, and lan­guages. She has degrees in Polit­i­cal Sci­ence and Jew­ish Stud­ies as well as Mid­dle East­ern Stud­ies and Sec­ondary Edu­ca­tion, and taught ESL for ten years. Hav­ing grown up in the Chica­go sub­urbs, she now lives with her fam­i­ly in Boul­der, Col­orado. You can find her on Twit­ter at @DaniraeShark.