Dani Alpert is the author of the memoir The Girlfriend Mom, winner of the 2020 Story Circle Network Gilda Award for comedy, honoring Gilda Radner. She spent decades working in theater, television, and film, performing, writing, and directing. She is a Pilates instructress and an advocate for the Down syndrome community. Dani's first headshot was her mugshot, taken after she was arrested for tagging when she was a juvenile. She's been trying to reclaim those glory days ever since.