Danielle Hodes has been part in the museum world for over ten years. She graduated from New York University with a master’s in Museum Studies in May of 2014 with a focus on historic house museums and interactive technologies and received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Art History with a minor in Neuroscience in 2011 from the University of South Carolina. Danielle worked at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in upper Manhattan for several years ending her time there as the Director of Education and Public Programs. She spent three and a half years at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum producing programs ranging from discussions examining post-9/11 national security and geopolitics to producing a mono-opera based off of Don DeLillo’s Falling Man and hosting events with partners such as ESPN, Hulu, CIA, FBI, VICE, Showtime, and more. She is currently a Senior Program Producer at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and co-lead for the five-year project 9-11: Hidden Stories, Hidden Voices committed to working with diverse communities and actively sharing their stories and the experiences of Americans in a post-September 11 world.