Daniel Tanchez

Daniel Tanchez

Daniel ‘Danny’ Tanchez is a Manufacturing Engineer for Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering in 2018 and an M.S. in Systems Engineering from George Washington University in 2022. He was born and raised in Miami, Florida and moved to Baltimore in 2014 to attend university.
Danny led a lot of reform at Johns Hopkins and was heavily involved in diversity initiatives, specifically those involving the Hispanic and disability minorities. Danny was a two term President of the Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE), founded the JHU Disability Advisory Board, co-founded and was the first co-President of the JHU club Advocates for Disability Awareness (ADA). As a campus leader, he was elected to chair a committee of the Homewood Council on Inclusive Excellence (HCIE). He carried on that leadership at Northrop Grumman, serving as company wide Chair of the ERG VOICE: Allies for Disability Inclusion.
Danny participated in the Rising Leader Academy and Mentorship Exchange in both 2017 and 2018. He was a summer intern with Northrop Grumman in 2017 which led to a full time job offer after graduation. He’s excited to tackle the challenge of spreading Disability:IN’s message to students with disabilities.