danielle nanos-luz
memory worker, librarian, community organizer

danielle nanos-luz (they/she) is a memory worker, librarian, mama, and creative spirit. They work across disciplines and mediums, with a practice deeply rooted in the teachings of right relationship, ancestral healing, and revolutionary struggle.

danielle was born in the Bay Area where she was raised by migrant Filipino women. They are currently based on Huchiun Ohlone land and work as a Community College Librarian. They also wage a struggle for the liberation of their people and homeland alongside her kasamas in GABRIELA Oakland, a grassroots anti-imperialist organization of Filipinx women and gender expansive people.

danielle received her BA from UC Berkeley, where she studied postcolonialism and visual culture as an Art History major. She earned her Masters in Library & Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2022. danielle is a 2021-2023 Kaleidoscope Scholar (Association of Research Libraries), 2021 Midwest Library Service Scholarship recipient (UIUC), 2020-2021 Spectrum Scholar (American Library Association), and 2020 Sylvia Murphy Williams Scholar (Illinois Library Association). From 2020-2025, danielle worked as an archivist at the Freedom Archives, where they preserved progressive movement histories from the 1960s-90s. She has participated in talks at CSU East Bay, SFSU, and UC Davis and was a panelist at the 2022 All-In Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice Conference at UC Santa Cruz. They hold the rank of Sankyu in Aikido.

→ CV, email danielleluzbelanger@gmail.com