[citation needed] Daniel formed Living the Map, which raises awareness of the varying cultures, careers, and environments across the country through outreach, educational endeavors, and community building.
Final Four after three decades of traveling the U.S. Map, Daniel found there were 4 regions of the country left to visit, which included Southwest Colorado, Southern tip of Texas, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Northeast Tennessee.
Of the many experiences, Daniel sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Utah, played the blues in Mississippi, tailgated at an Alabama football game, sailed in Rhode Island, and competed in a cornstalk archery contest with Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
These communities included Pine Ridge Reservation, Appalachia, Mississippi Delta, Southside Chicago, and Central California, addressing issues of high unemployment, extreme poverty, obesity, gang violence, and immigration respectively.
Of the many jobs, Daniel has been a lobsterman in Maine, a cheesemaker in Wisconsin, a park ranger in Wyoming, high school football coach in Alabama, and a rodeo announcer in South Dakota.