Danielle Duarte

Danielle Duarte, Ed.L.D. is passionate about supporting students’ academic success, college and career readiness, and social-emotiona development while using data to demonstrate the impact of comprehensive school counseling programs. A former school counselor, counseling grant project director, and adjunct faculty member, Danielle now serves as President of Hatching Results, where she leads national efforts to strengthen data-driven school counseling systems.

She earned her doctorate in Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and her doctoral capstone focused on increasing racial equity in advanced coursework within a large, diverse school district.

Earlier in her career, Danielle successfully wrote and directed a $1.1 million Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program Grant for her district – hiring, training, and supporting school counselors in the development of comprehensive programs. She also taught future school counselors as an adjunct professor at San Diego State University and the University of San Francisco. Over the past decade, she has trained thousands of educators nationwide and co-authored two books: Hatching Results for Elementary (2017) and Secondary (2019) School Counseling.

Danielle has served on the Board of Directors for the California Association of School Counselors, including as President, and on the Cal Aggie Alumni Association (UC Davis) Board. She is also a certified Harvard Data Wise Coach and AVID Staff Developer.

Featured in San Diego Magazine’s “17 Big Ideas for 2017: Let’s Implement More School Counseling Programs,” Danielle believes every student can succeed with the right systems of support and well-trained school counselors leading the way.