Danzeisen was appointed an Honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2024 for services to the Muslim community and women.

[1] She worked in corporate bankruptcies and as a legal advisor in Florida before deciding to immigrate to New Zealand in 2006, after the reelection of George W. Bush in 2004.

[3] Danzeisen founded the Women’s Organisation of the Waikato Muslim Association in 2008, and ran various activities including a leadership programme.

[4][5] Danzeisen has written about how the Christchurch mosque attacks could have been prevented,[6] and about how the Royal Commission of Inquiry did not serve justice.

[5][8] Danzeisen was appointed an Honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours, for services to the Muslim community and women.