[2] She attended McGill University first as a business student before switching to political science.

[2] Dancho unsuccessfully contested the district of Wolseley for the Progressive Conservatives in the 2016 provincial election.

Following the defeat of the Conservatives in the 2019 Canadian federal election in which she prevailed in the riding of Kildonan-St. Paul, she was appointed to the Official Opposition's Shadow Cabinet by Andrew Scheer, serving as Shadow Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Youth.

[3] Dancho supported Erin O'Toole in the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.

[5] On 25 February 2022 interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen re-appointed Dancho the Shadow Minister for Public Safety.