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Naomi Fisher
Naomi Fisher is a mathematician at the University of Illinois at Chicago who has made many contributions to the mathematics community through many different programs and reforms. She has recieved grants to help implement her programs and get them up and running. She has worked on projects from bringing more math into elementary school, to creating better educational plans at the undergraduate level. She also made many efforts into building bridges between researchers in the math world, with educators.

Work
Fisher was a professor at the University of Illinois - Chicago. She wasn't only an educator; she was a head or member of multiple different education reform programs. Fisher was the co-director of the Mathematicians and Education Reform Network (MER) of UIC and the University of Minnesota \cite{AWM}. MER did a lot to involve mathematicians - not just math teachers or professors - in the improvement of education. They would try to create relationships between mathematics and educations and would hold workshops that would include the work of well-respected mathematicians that would address the participation of minorities \cite{AWM}. Fisher Director of high school teaching program for the Regional Geometry Institute (RGI). This also was an attempt at trying to connect teachers with research mathematicians, so they could share ideas about the subject. Fisher was trying to find an implementation that would be successful to start teaching geometry at the elementary level \cite{AWM}.

Awards
Fisher won the Louise Hay award in 1993 for her extensive work in education reform \cite{Louise Hay Award}. This award was made by and is given to women by the executive committee of the UIC chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics \cite{Louise Hay Award}. The award was named after Louise Hay, who is recognized for her contributions to mathematical logic, and her work at the University of Illinois - Chicago as the department head of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. The purpose of this award is to accent the importance of mathematical eduaction and to keep Hay's memory and work alive\cite{Louise Hay Award}.

Grants
One of the reasons Fisher received the Louise Hay award, was how invested she was in reformation and passion for education in mathematics. She was involved in many grant opportunities for various reasons in the math community. The first grant Fisher was involved with was the University of Illinois at Chicago – Community College: Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation \cite{Award 9852167}. She was a contributor to this program, and the program was meant to focus on the development of STEM programs at the university and community colleges and see how they could improve recruitment for these degree paths \cite{Award 9852167}. Another program she worked with was the joint workshop on education and the mathematics research community \cite{Award 9250046}. Fisher and her colleagues were trying to blend educators and researchers in the field of mathematics to allow more opportunity for students to learn about current mathematical research\cite{Award 9250046}. Fisher was also involved in a three-year program where the end goal was to improve the classroom experience for undergraduate mathematics students. One of the main goals was to reform calculus curriculum at universities by creating networks between departments and universities \cite{Award 0088794}.