IN THE PRESS
Selected features and recognition.
Dr. Darbonne’s work has been featured in publications across the country, recognizing her leadership in equity-driven school improvement, her advocacy for educational opportunity, and her three-decade commitment to public education.
1883 Magazine January 2025
Inspires Future Generations
A profile of Dr. Darbonne’s career arc from special education classroom teacher to district administrator to higher education evaluator — and what she hopes the next generation of educators will carry forward.
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North Penn Now October 2024
Empowering Students and Teachers
A look at how Dr. Darbonne builds school communities that hold staff and students simultaneously — with the structure adults need to do their best work and the compassion students need to do theirs.
OCNJ Daily July 2024
Leading with Innovation
An exploration of Dr. Darbonne’s approach to school leadership — grounded in tradition but unafraid of new tools, new structures, and new conversations with families about what school can be.
1883 Magazine January 2025
Inspires Future Generations
A profile of Dr. Darbonne’s career arc from special education classroom teacher to district administrator to higher education evaluator — and what she hopes the next generation of educators will carry forward.
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Space Coast Daily August 2024
Principal Who’s Championing Students
A detailed profile exploring how Dr. Darbonne has built a school culture that holds high expectations and deep compassion in the same hand — and why she believes that combination is not a luxury but a requirement.
West Hollywood Weekly July 2024
Committed to Educational Equity
A feature on Dr. Darbonne’s equity-centered leadership, including her reflections on a former student whose trajectory she helped redirect — and what that experience taught her about the work that schools must do beyond academics.
1883 Magazine January 2025
Inspires Future Generations
A profile of Dr. Darbonne’s career arc from special education classroom teacher to district administrator to higher education evaluator — and what she hopes the next generation of educators will carry forward.
Read the article →
NY Weekly August 2024
Educator and Activist for Students
On three decades of practice, the conviction that education is the central equity issue of our time, and the mentors whose voices Dr. Darbonne still hears in her work.
SeaIsle News 2024
Exclusive Interview
An extended conversation with Dr. Darbonne about her career, her practice, and the patterns she has seen across the schools that improve — and the schools that do not.
RECOGNITIONS
Selected appointments and recognition.
Faculty Evaluator — Western Governors University School of Education (current)
Principal — Title I elementary school, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (current)
Adjunct Faculty — Miami Dade College and Barry University (prior)
Founder & Principal Consultant — EnlightenED Bridges, LLC (current)
FOR PRESS INQUIRIES
Dr. Darbonne is available for interviews, panel participation, and written contributions on topics including equity-driven school improvement, principal leadership, Title I school transformation, and the future of public education.