Biography

Dani Kiefer started as the teacher and advisor for yearbook in 2023. She has also taken on the roll of Art teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. When she’s not teaching yearbook, she’s a freelance graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist. Dani has also been an art teacher at Emmanuel St. Michael Lutheran School for grades four through eight.

She received a Bachelor of Arts in graphic design and photography from the University of Saint Francis in 1999. Upon graduation, she moved to Chicago and began designing exhibits and marketing materials for the Field Museum of Natural History. Dani continued her career in Chicago at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Lincoln Park Zoo where her brand design for the Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo was awarded first place by the American Association of Museums.