Raised in Berkeley, CA, Daniel graduated from The University of California, Berkeley, and studied under the kind and encouraging eyes of the late Professor Stanley Wolfe at The Juilliard School of Music from 1997-2000. Daniel was a Lammy Finalist for his debut novel “The Next” under pen name Rafe Haze and has composed 12 orchestral and chamber works since 2010 for Eryc Taylor Dance. His play “Be Still Be Silent” won BEST NEW PLAY OF 2022 in the BroadwayWorld Westchester Regional Awards, and is contracted with SOOP Theatre for further development. Daniel lives two blocks west of Times Square, New York City, with his husband of twenty-three years. Daniel and his twin brother Peter are a peculiar blend of Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, and Italian descent and will always be The Wild Boys of the Berkeley Hills at heart.