Danielle Blevins is from Pleasant Grove, Alabama. She grew up with strong ties to the Birmingham community. Danielle spent five (5) years working at WBRC-TV (FOX6) before attending law school at UA. Her alma maters include Ramsay High School (Birmingham), The University of Alabama (B.A. Communications), and The University of Alabama School of Law (Juris Doctor). Danielle is a 2007-2008 Blackburn Fellow. Additionally, she was a student aide in the Blackburn Office at Temple Tutwiler in 2008.
Currently, Danielle is in Washington, D.C. and is an Attorney-Advisor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of the General Counsel. She is a member of both the Alabama and D.C. Bar associations. Additionally, Danielle co-founded Mission Reconcile, a faith-based nonprofit that focuses on racial reconciliation between single race/culture churches. In 2019, Danielle and Mission Reconcile were awarded the Daniel Community Scholars’ Civic Pitch Project Award, a $10,000 programming grant facilitated by the Blackburn Institute. Additionally, she is also a D.C. liaison for Blackburn within the Washington, D.C. community by connecting fellows to one another and planning local networking events. Danielle also spends time moonlighting by observing media trends and strategies, journalism ethics, and Supreme Court opinions. Moreover, Danielle spends her spare time volunteering at Joseph’s House, a home for the homeless who are terminally ill, including those with HIV and AIDS, with her church, mentoring, reading, traveling, watching television and movies, and the frequent nap, all the while taking care of her four plant babies and being a good neighbor.