"Joel's words are where I go when I need some inspiration. And he never lets me down." - Lin-Manuel Miranda (Yeah, that Lin.)

Joel L. Daniels, also known as Joel Leon, is a performer, author and story-teller who writes and tells stories for Black people. He is a F.H. LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts alum and author of "Book About Things I Will Tell My Daughter" and "God Wears Durags, Too".

His recent TED talk on healthy coparenting is well over 1M views in less than two months. He’s been featured on the TODAY Show, Insider the Columbia Journal, BBC News, Sirius XM, Forbes, Medium, Philadelphia Printworks, Blavity, and the Huffington Post.

He has spoken/performed at the Apollo Theater, Joe's Pub, Rockwood Music Hall, Columbia University, NYU and Webster Hall.

He lives in Brooklyn and is the father to Lilah and West.