Danielle Angileri is the executive director of NAMI Northern Illinois, an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for individuals and families living with mental illness through support, education, advocacy and hope. Danielle was born and raised on the northwest side of Rockford where she continues to live today. Her family is deeply rooted in our community culturally, in industry, and in pride of our city. Prior to NAMI work, her work life experience had been in her family’s business and the child care/education setting which heightened her passion for helping others thrive. Danielle‘s beliefs in her position (and her life) remain to unite others, to teach, to care, to lead by example, and to remain all that is human while doing so.