Meet Gina Danos. Gina is the Fire Chief of the Montegut Fire Department. She is the first female fire chief in Terrebonne Parish. Although she has no children of her own, she has many amazing kiddos that call her Nanny or Taunt G. Gina does share her home with her loveable furry roommate Coco Puff, a senior pup she rescued a year ago. She was immediately drawn to Coco Puff because her description was “social, independent, and likes naps” which Gina says is the puppy version of herself.

A native of Montegut, Gina is active in her community by serving in youth ministry at her church, coaching T-Ball in the summer, cooking, crabbing, and enjoying family game nights with her cousins. Whether she’s in court, church, or on the T-Ball field, you can bet she is wearing her trusty Crocs. Gina is a huge fan of Crocs and has a pair for any occasion. “If you ain’t Croc'n you ain’t rock’n” is something she often says. 

Gina has been active with CASA since 2019. She became interested in the organization when she began to read information on the role of a volunteer. After a lot of reading and praying she applied and started her training. In the past three years, she has advocated on three cases all of which have closed. When one of her cases reopened recently she was ready to take it on and reconnect with the children. Gina encourages anyone interested in the CASA organization to share their time, talents and treasures with those in need. It truly takes a village. When asked for something to share, she wrote: 

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot;  together we can do great things.” ~ St Mother Teresa