Darnetta Fair is a dedicated educator with nearly 25 years of experience, currently teaching history, government, and geography at Gateway Community College Early High School. Her passion for teaching is evident in her belief that education can change the world, one student at a time, and she strives to make meaningful connections with her students to help them succeed.

• "I still get butterflies the first day of school... I'm wondering what kid is going to come into my classroom that I could actually make a change for."

• "My destiny is to change the world... one student at a time."

• "Sometimes the people that kids see every single day, like a teacher, that is the only thing they have sometimes."

• "I really believe that my philosophy of teaching is changing kids and changing the course of their lives, exposing them and just loving on them."

• "I always want it to be something they can take with them, even if it’s small, you know?"

• "When I see that 'aha' moment or that connection between that child and the subject, I’m like, they got it."