Job Description

I teach a few class for our Addiction Treatment Services Minor. Work as a recovery advocate and peer support specialist trainer and consultant. Coordinate Nevada CARES program.

Years At CASAT / Positions Held

Since January of 2012.

• Program Coordinator – NRAP
• Instructor for CAS 154
• Program Coordinator – Nv CARES

Work History

Graduate Student and instructor

Personal Bio

Daniel has been in long-term recovery since July of 2002. He has been married to his beautiful wife, Kristy, for thirteen wonderful years and they have three incredible daughters. Daniel is passionate about helping people in or looking for recovery. This passion has made him into a recovery advocate who shares the hopeful message of recovery wherever and whenever he can.

In 2008, Daniel was both a co-founder and Collegiate Director for Nevada House of Prayer. Utilizing this experience, he helped develop and manage Nevada’s Recovery and Prevention program (NRAP) at the University of Nevada, Reno. He also taught the courses for the addiction treatment studies minor, CASAT, and was awarded Faculty of the Year in 2016 for his dedication. Most recently, Daniel worked as the Director of Recovery and Community Initiatives at Transforming Youth Recovery, where he advocated for recovery on a national scale. Currently, he is engaged in his first love, teaching, at the University of Nevada, Reno. In addition to his work with students, he will also act as the Project Coordinator for the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT).

Daniel has participated on various local and national advisory boards working to see expanded access to recovery resources and to erase the stigma of addiction. These include the Association of Recovery in Higher Education, Transforming Youth Recovery, Awaken Inc., etc. In addition to these leadership responsibilities, he is very active in the faith-based community in Reno. He is a regular speaker at his local church and loves to volunteer his time to mentor people in recovery. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech University in 2005, where he was a member of the collegiate recovery program, Center for the Study of Addiction. He loved this field so much, he went on to earn his master’s in Human Development and Family Studies with a specialization in Addiction Treatment Services at The University of Nevada, Reno in 2012.

Grants I Work On

Nevada CARES