WILL DARDEN: DIRECTOR OF PATHWAY COMPLETION & TREKKERS

will@urbanpromisecharlotte.org

A Charlotte native, Will Darden attended CMS schools from Kindergarten through 12th grade. He is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied Communications and Entrepreneurship.

Upon graduation, Will returned to Charlotte as a Teach For America Corps Member in 2015, where he taught Earth & Environmental Science at Harding University High School for two years. During his first year of teaching, he was given the New Teacher of the Year award by The Beacon Initiative. Will joined UrbanPromise in the summer of 2017 to serve as the StreetLeader Director for the Idlewild Site, and became the UrbanTrekkers Co-Director in 2019.

Will is passionate about supporting, developing and caring for students throughout their "20-Year Journey" at UrbanPromise, and he is committed to working to help make Charlotte a place where children from every neighborhood have the opportunity to live thriving, choice-filled lives as adults.