Darby earned degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in both Fine Art and in History, she received a Master of Painting from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art spending the first year of study on the Temple Rome, Italy campus. She later earned a Master of Teaching from Georgia Southern University. Her work focuses on elements of the natural world using plant life to depict the fragility of life. Working in series, she uses biblical precepts, historical context, and literature to evoke her narrative. Darby has received several grants, including a Future Faculty Fellowship, Georgia Council for the Arts grant, Individual Artist Georgia Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and a Dieu Donne Papermaking teachers grant. She has also been in residence at the Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting, Project Row Houses, and the Hambidge Center. Darby is an multidisciplinary artist and educator.