Early Life
boyd grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Altoona, Pennsylvania, and attended Manheim Township High School from 1992–1996. According to her website, she was born danah michele mattas, "spelled all funky because my mother loved typographical balance." Once she reached college, she chose to change to her maternal grandfather's name, Boyd, as her own last name, and eventually she settled on giving her name as danah boyd, "to reflect my mother's original balancing and to satisfy my own political irritation at the importance of capitalization."
Her initial ambition was to become an astronaut but after an injury, she became more interested in the Internet.
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