I publish a biweekly newsletter sharing grants and other funding opportunities U.S. creatives and small business owners can apply to.

When I'm not working on complex grant applications, I host and produce The Thought Card, a fun travel and personal finance podcast for financially savvy travelers. I’m passionate about helping travelers achieve both their travel and financial goals. Search for "The Thought Card" on your favorite podcast player - Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.In 2019 Hostelworld named The Thought Card as a top 10 travel podcast to listen to.

The Thought Card is a popular affordable travel finance website about affording travel, paying off debt and building wealth.I create original content for The Thought Card. I also manage all social media accounts associated with The Thought Card brand including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.The Thought Card was invited to the 2019 Propel Conference in Graz, Austria. This conference was restricted to 20 bloggers/influencers.|| FIND ME ON SOCIAL ||Instagram ➡️ @thethoughtcardPinterest ➡️ www.pinterest.com/thethoughtcardFacebook ➡️ www.facebook.com/thethoughtcard

WOC (Women of Color) Podcasters is the first community of its kind dedicated to the growth and representation of women of color in the podcasting industry. Recognized as one of the most impactful Facebook communities, WOC Podcasters was invited to the 2019 Facebook Communities Summit at Facebook's HQ.|| FIND US ON SOCIAL ||Instagram ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/wocpodcasters/Facebook ➡️ www.facebook.com/wocpodcastersTwitter ➡️ https://twitter.com/WOCPodcasters

Podthon is a two-day virtual podcasting conference led by WOC (Women of Color) Podcasters and Asian American Podcasters Association (AAP). The summit gathers Podcasters of Color from around the world to share insightful strategies and innovate tips for audio creators. As a conference organizer, I screen potential speaker applications, work with sponsors, and co-host the live event.

The Podcast Business Journal is a publication for, by, and about the podcasting community. The Podcast Business Journal provides podcasters with all the tools needed to become a more successful, highly paid, influential podcaster. You can see a list of articles I've written for them here: https://podcastbusinessjournal.com/category/editorial-board/danielle-desir/

I write monthly in-depth articles about podcasting from an indie podcaster perspective.Review my archive: https://plutusfoundation.org/author/danielle/

I write weekly articles geared toward educating online learning community leaders, course creators, and educators.

Contributes to all aspects of research administration, including submission of grant applications, assessment of potential funding opportunities, budget oversight, the development of reports to sponsors, subcontract management and compliance.Serves as a primary departmental liaison to Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA), external funding agencies, DCAP Finance and other administrative staff and PIs for specific grant projects.Responsible for the coordination and completion of annual progress reports on all awarded grants, including working with the PIs to provide revised budgets.Alert PIs to grants that are expiring and prepare no-cost extensions or complete financial progress reports. Assist and lead special projects, as needed.Professional Development:1. Crucial Conversations for Managers (July 2019)2. Communicating for Leadership Success (July 2019)

Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health is one of only two independent departments of child and adolescent psychiatry in a U.S. academic medical center. Manages pre-award operations and various post-award financial operations for the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry consisting of 37 active Principal Investigators in FY17-18.Advise investigators of new funding opportunities and sponsor requirements.Develop proposals and budgets for grants and contract submissions.Onboard and train Grants Coordinator in pre-award and post-award policies, procedures and activities.Prepare non-scientific components of progress reports including project balance confirmation, all-personnel report, and other support pages.Troubleshoot and problem solve publication compliance with the NIH Public Access Compliance. Professional Training: 1. Contracts: Common Issues and Best Practices Workshop at CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (October 2017)2. Fundamentals of Project Management (October 2017)Department Involvement:1. 2017-2018 Ambassadors Council Member: Gather meaningful information from 19 department staff members to keep a collective finger on the pulse of the department and create a safe and open line of communication with our Chair as well as disseminate information and new department initiatives.

Department of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryAssists investigators in submission, administration, and maintenance of grants and subcontracts Identifies and organizes all components for grant submissions including budgets, budget justifications, biosketches, resource pages, other support pages, compliance documents and subcontract agreementsPrepares project budgets and justifications for federal, non-federal grants, collaborative agreements, and contractsWorks collaboratively with Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) to revise and submit grants Develops and maintains various databases including grants calendar, grants milestones, and grants database that tracks application deadlines, project start dates, end dates, as well as other important project activitiesInitiates subcontract agreements and amendments Monitors project budgets, troubleshoots accounting issues identified in financial reports, initiates accounting corrections and anticipates future budget changesManages progress report submissions and obtains all necessary agency approvals for processing re-budgeting actions, no cost extensions, carryforward requests and subcontract changesAssists in interviewing for core administrative staff member positionsProfessional Training:1. NIH Peer Review for University Research Administrators (November 2015)2. 57th Annual NCURA Meeting (August 2015)3. NCBI and the NIH Public Access Policy: PubMed Central Submissions, My NCBI My Bibliography and SciENcv (April 2015)

Department of RadiologySupported faculty in the administration of research funding by performing post-award grants management and financial analysis tasks to ensure that expenses are in compliance with all granting agency regulations and university policiesPrepared project budgets for newly awarded and continuing grants Assisted in preparing annual department budget of $11M Reallocated and processed personnel effort onto and off grantsReviewed and approved all expenditures including: subcontract invoices, purchase requisitions, check requests and expense reimbursements, followed-up on delays and confirmed payments Reconciled accounts monthly to financial systems and initiated corrections with Central Finance, Accounting and Accounts PayableProduced journal entries and tracked project expenses monthly, prepared financial statements and reviewed expenditures with investigators

As a freelance writer for Renaissance Financial, I write professional bios for the firm’s Financial Advisors.

Wrote monthly personal finance and travel articles monthly and shared articles on social media.

Performed general accounting functions including: processing payables, conducting bank reconciliations and making daily deposits for 6 law officesConducted job cost accounting, processed over 1,000 monthly journal entries and reconciled general ledgerImproved operational efficiency of accounting systems by 10% through implementation of streamlined data management checklists and updated accounting manual

Tutored students with disabilities one-on-one in Accounting, Finance, Management, Biology, Chemistry and EnglishTracked student academic progress and retained 100% of assigned first year students in the program.

Recognized as Tour Guide of the Year in 2009Modernized and formalized all campus tours