Daniel attended Loyola High School in Goa, India before moving to the United States to attend the University of Minnesota. At U of M he received a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Later he worked as a design engineer for a semi-conductor equipment company in the Silicon Valley. Daniel was actively involved with the Young Adult Ministry at Saint Martin of Tours Parish in the San Jose Diocese. Completed his first studies as a teacher at Jesuit High Sacramento. He is working as a regent at Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California, as a teacher of mathematics and theology.