She befriended fellow aid worker Heather Mercer while attending Antioch Community Church in Waco, Texas.
A social work major, Dayna volunteered at the Waco Center for Youth (a residential facility treats teenagers with emotional and behavioral problems) while she was attending Baylor.
[1] In March 2001, Curry and Heather Mercer traveled to Afghanistan to join the German-based aid agency Shelter Now International, which worked with Afghan women and children in Kabul.
On August 3, 2001, Curry and her fellow aid workers were arrested by the ruling Taliban regime for allegedly preaching Christianity in the strict Islamic state.
[1][7] After their release and subsequent return to the United States, Curry and Mercer met with President George W. Bush at the White House on November 26, 2001.