Danielle Peltier
Supporting Team Member
Danielle Peltier is an Engineer-In-Training and serves as a Civil Associate – Water out of Michael Baker’s Palm Desert, California, office. She joined the company in 2020 and performs a wide range of drainage design for projects across southern California, including hydrologic and hydraulic calculations and modeling. She also prepares technical reports, exhibits and design drawings, works on the design of drainage improvement channel projects and performs stormwater field inspections.
Danielle has a passion for making a difference in others’ lives. She was inspired to be a part of this project because of the power a single bridge has to change the way a community lives and prospers. Danielle previously worked for the nonprofit Inland Empire Waterkeeper, where her focus was the Clean Camp Coalition project to reduce the pollution from disadvantaged communities experiencing homelessness in the Santa Ana Watershed. She also managed STEM-based educational programs for children and coordinated events and conferences. In her free time, Danielle enjoys spending time with her friends (and her two cats), playing video games with her nephews and adventuring in Joshua Tree National Park.
What experiences from the trip will stick with you for the rest of your life?
The kids were the absolute highlight of the trip for me. I walked with kids from the community on the trail to and from the work site every day, and they taught me Kinyarwanda and a little about their culture. They were just so happy and had such imagination, and I loved talking with them and playing games.
