Dan graduated cum laude from Ramapo College of New Jersey in 2016 with a B.A. in environmental studies. During his time there he partook in drafting and co-editing an environmental impact statement for Pilgrim Pipeline, specifically on its ecological impacts. He has spent four years working part-time with Bergen County Department of Parks, three months as an intern for Mahwah Environmental Volunteer Organisation (MEVO), and in 2017, joined the Restore Native Plants team with a desire to continue to learn how to be a better steward to the land.