Darleen L. Gearhart has been a mathematics educator for over twenty-five years. She began working to improve the lives of inner-city children as a high school math teacher in 1994. Since that time, she has served as a turn-around principal and most recently as Newark’s Director of Mathematics. In January 2014 she received the Leadership Matters Award from the Newark Trust for Education, the Stretching Minds Award from the Newark Yoga Movement in September 2014, the Ercell Watson Memorial Award for Distinguished Service from Montclair State University in April 2015, the My Principal Matters Award in June 2016, the Outstanding Leadership Award in June 2017, the Academic Achievement Award for Highest SGP in Mathematics in November 2017, the Attendance Innovation Award in April 2018, and the Educator of the Year Award in June 2018.