Born and raised in San Francisco, California in a Brazilian-American household, Daniela grew up as a competitive ballet dancer, attending prestigious competitions such as the Youth American Grand Prix (New York, USA) and the Prix de Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland). At the age of fifteen, Daniela was awarded the Gillian Murphy Scholarship and left home to train at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Two years later, she moved to Europe to expand her ballet career, dancing with professional companies around the world such as the Dutch National Ballet, Ballet Zurich, and Staatsballett Berlin.

She is currently based in New York City where she transfers her skills from ballet to the worlds of modeling and acting.