Daniel was born in San Jose, Costa Rica. He spent his childhood in Costa Rica, Mexico City, Mexico and South Carolina, United States and his family settled in Mexico for his teenage years. It was there that he met his future wife, Julie.
Daniel and Julie were married in 2009 and began residing in Oklahoma City. The following year, Daniel began to work as a volunteer with the Evangelism and JESUS Film ministry in the Mesoamerica Region.
In 2012 God opened the doors for Daniel to serve as a missionary for the Church of the Nazarene assigned to the JESUS Film Harvest Partners global office in Olathe, Kansas. For the past nine years, he has helped to facilitate the work of over 960 teams of nationals around the world who work to share God’s love with the lost.
Daniel and Julie have three children: Abigail (7 years old), Elena (5 years old), and Samuel (1 year old).