Daniel Nicoli was born and raised as an Oregonian. He completed his General Psychiatry Residency at Oregon Health & Science University and a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Colorado Denver.  While in Colorado, he got involved with mental health advocacy work. He testified on behalf of the Colorado Psychiatric Society before a Colorado congressional committee on marijuana legislation and met with elected officials in Washington DC to discuss a variety of issues. He also gave multiple talks at schools at community health organizations on the topic of substance abuse and its effect on the developing brain. Following this fellowship, he returned to OHSU and completed a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship where he began working with the OPPA legislative committee. He currently works as a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Unity, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Donald E Long Juvenile Detention Center, and as a private forensic evaluator.