Daniela Fernández works as a Consultant with local and regional organizations, agencies, and municipalities to educate and build more equitable and sustainable programming and policy. With a diverse lived experience and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, she has a deep social, racial, and gender analysis and understands the psychosocial effects of marginalization and systems of oppression. She’s dedicated the last two plus decades to social service, working with and advocating for myriad communities: seniors, adults and teens with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ youth, incarcerated women and their families, and communities of color. 

Daniela also serves as Mayor of Nevada City on unceded Nisenan land. As the youngest person on the City Council, she brings a much needed fresh perspective and social justice lens to the work of the City. When not busy advocating for communities, she enjoys growing pretty and tasty things in the dirt, buying (and reading) all the good books, riding her Harley Davidson, and swimming in warm bodies of water.