Donielle began her career as the catering director and manager at a gourmet market in Boca Raton, Florida from 2005-2006. She moved to Washington D.C. in 2006, where she worked as a personal chef and founded in 2007 YUM YUM Babyfood, an organic product line and delivery service for families on Capitol Hill.

Since moving to Pittsburgh in 2009, she has worked as a chef instructor at a Squirrel Hill fitness center, focusing on quick, healthy meals for the entire family.

Donielle began her culinary journey at the CIA in Hyde Park, where she worked with the staff and faculty to create the first student-run garden on campus and was selected in 2004 as the front-of-the-house fellow at the Ristorante Caterina de' Medici before beginning her career in the culinary profession.

Donielle lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and three children.