Daniel was born and raised in El Salvador. He was an undergraduate student in Fine Arts at the National University at the height of the civil war. He was detained and tortured twice as a political prisoner in the late 1980’s in San Salvador, after which he and his family came to Canada as refugees. An artist, musician and actor, Daniel obtained a Performing Arts Diploma from a Canadian college and is a lay minister in a Christian church in Canada. Internationally, Daniel is a tireless supporter of youth art programs as well as an advocate for peace and social justice.
