Danielle Bacibianco, PhD, (sher/her) is a queer writer, playwright, and researcher whose work explores the intersections of addiction, recovery, mental health, queer identity, and the complexities of feminism. Danielle’s poetry has also been published in Anti-Heroin Chic, Double Speak Literary Magazine, FemiNICHE Magazine.

Recently, Danielle’s original 60-minute play, The Plans We Made, was invited to take the stage at The Midtown International Theatre Festival (New York City, June 2026). Her play first took the stage as a 10-minute original at the Women’s Playwright Collective New Voices Festival (Staten Island, New York – 2025). Aside, her scholarly work has appeared in the following academic journals: College English, Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, and Writers: Craft and Context.