Danielle Amarant

Danielle Amarant is a Housing Coordinator at St. Mary's Center, where she focuses on community development and housing stability. She has a strong background in public health, having earned her Master of Public Health (MPH) with a concentration in gerontology from the University of Georgia in Fall 2022. Her academic and professional work emphasizes health equity, particularly as it relates to housing and aging populations.

Prior to her role at St. Mary's Center, Amarant interned with the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, where she applied her expertise to address health disparities influenced by urban development. She developed programs aimed at improving health outcomes for residents affected by rising property taxes and housing instability due to gentrification along the BeltLine corridor.12 Her work involved creating logic models to assess program impacts and integrating health equity considerations into community development initiatives.

Amarant's passion for housing stems from her extensive experience in community planning and development, where she aims to ensure that vulnerable populations have access to affordable housing and necessary resources for maintaining their health and well-being.12