Danielle Simone Hieronymus
Danielle Simone Hieronymus grew up on dairy and sugarcane farms on the east coast of Australia. After completing high school, she was an art and fashion design student in Sydney before studying to become a primary school teacher. She travelled around Australia, experienced teaching in an Aboriginal mission and other rural and coastal locations before settling and teaching in Brisbane for a few years. Her career highlights, however, were when she travelled and studied in Pennsylvania and worked in London for several years as a teacher. She now lives on Bribie Island in Australia and enjoys painting, renovating and doing interior design.