DaNeera Dufur

DaNeera is from a small town in South Dakota but has always been a city girl at heart. She moved to Minnesota to attend Southwest Minnesota State University in the fall of 2001 and graduated with a BA in Studio Art in 2005. After graduation she relocated to the Twin Cities and earned an AAS in Business Administration from the Minnesota School of Business in 2009.

While in the Twin Cities she entered into the world of analytics/software as a service (SaaS) and has since dedicated the last 15 years of her career to electronic data interchange (EDI) and management/customer service within that realm. In the industry she was zealous in learning about clients' needs, wants, values, and personalities in order to provide superior customer service. In fact, she attended an Emotional Intelligence class to deepen her understanding of different personality traits and how to effectively communicate with individuals based on their emotions and personalities.

Currently, she is in her first year of Real Estate along with being a small business owner of a home based custom Cottage Food bakery. She and her husband reside in Otsego. They stay busy with their 8 year old daughter, 6 year old son, and their English Bulldog “Chuck Norris” aka Charlie. In addition to spending time with her family, DaNeera loves music of all genres, playing the piano, traveling, theatre, tattoos, "fun hair," and baking. Work hard/play hard has always been her motto and with having a 50/50 split of right and left brain traits, hence the art and business degrees, she lives up to that motto!