Daniel holds an LL. B. from EAFIT University (Colombia), and an LL. M. with specialization in Critical Race Studies and Law and Sexuality from the University of California, Los Angeles. Following his LL. M., Daniel clerked for justice Maria Victoria Calle Correa at the Colombian Constitutional Court. He remained in that position for almost two years, after which he became a researcher at the Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society and the Racial Discrimination Watch. Currently, he is a Fulbright scholar and a doctoral candidate at Fordham University School of Law’s SJD program, focusing on Afro descendants' representation on Latin American courts. 

Likewise, with a group of colleagues he co-founded ILEX-Accion Jurídca, a research center and civil society organization focusing on racial justice issues in Colombia.