Daniel Moloney was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. From an early age, his parents instilled in him the values of kindness and compassion. Growing up in a bilingual household sharpened his communication skills. Despite facing the challenges of his parents’ divorce and the loss of his mother as a teenager, he discovered strength, leadership, and camaraderie through sports.
After graduating high school in 1998, Daniel enlisted in the Navy—the first in his family to serve in the military. He felt a deep drive to serve long before he fully understood it. While in the Navy, he was stationed aboard the USS John F. Kennedy. After his honorable discharge, he worked as a detention officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office before following a calling to work with at-risk youth at Project Challenge. It was there that he first recognized his passion for helping others by drawing on his own struggles.
In 2006, Daniel joined the Arizona National Guard and trained as a 68W combat medic. This experience ignited his love for medicine. In 2010, he began paramedic training and has remained in the EMS field ever since. By 2021, he was working as a scrub tech in the cardiac catheterization lab in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was during a particularly difficult case that he realized he was not doing well mentally. He realized there was a much deeper issue and he was battling depression and anxiety. Over the next two years, he focused on his healing through medication and counseling. He learned that caring for his mental health wasn’t just important for himself—it was essential for his family as well.
In 2023, a friend introduced him to the Warrior PATHH program. He completed it in 2025 and fully embraced the idea of “struggling well.” That experience led him to make a deliberate choice to pursue peace and purpose. In 2026, he joined the MTTA as a Guide.
Today, Daniel finds his greatest joy in his faith, his family, and his roles as a devoted husband to his wife Kassi, a father to his daughters, a grandfather to his grandson, and a brother. In his free time, he enjoys leatherwork and caring for his flock of more than 60 chickens on his property in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He also continues to practice as a paramedic and teach in the EMS field, believing it is important to pass on both his clinical knowledge and the hard-earned lessons from his personal journey to the next generation of caregivers.
