Miriam Leiva, professor emerita of mathematics, recently received the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
According to the organization, Leiva was recognized for her more than 45 years of professional involvement in mathematics education and issues of educational equity. She was founding president of TODOS: Mathematics for All, an organization that advocates “equity and high quality mathematics education for all students, in particular Latina/o students.”
Leiva has spoken at every NCTM annual meeting since the 1980 annual meeting and exposition in Seattle, including several invited sessions or keynotes. She also has been invited as a speaker in mathematics education around the world, including the United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Spain, Hungary and Puerto Rico.
She is a past recipient of the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence and the Rankin Award, presented by the N.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics in recognition of outstanding math education in the state.