Diana Daniele is an author, lived experience expert, and literary publicist living in Los Angeles. She writes frequently for publications like HuffPost, Newsweek, Business Insider, and Brevity. Diana’s soon-to-be published book: OUT OF THE DARK: My Journey through Motherhood, Migraine, and Madness chronicles her four-year mental health odyssey, which culminates in her ultimate healing via Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or TMS. The manuscript for OUT OF THE DARK was recently long-listed in the Tall Poppy’s Writers Contest. A tireless advocate for suicide prevention and mental health, Diana has appeared on ABC and FOX-LA, as well as on numerous podcasts. She is also a sought-after speaker on mental health and invisible illness for conferences, symposiums, and book festivals.

Diana’s career began while she was earning her master’s degree from the Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. She won a Research Grant to study “How Barbie Speaks Sexually to Children,” which she completed at USC’s Institute for the Study of Women and Men (ISWM), a feminist think tank studying how women’s gender roles are portrayed in film and on television. When her research was complete, Ms. Daniele stayed on at ISWM, working with both the media and corporate sponsors, such as Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, and NBC/Universal.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Diana earned her M.A. in Journalism at USC. She has also completed coursework in English Literature at University of Cambridge, England and studied Philology at the University of Madrid, Complutense. She is bilingual.