Debbie is a Dyslexia Interventionist for Lubbock Independent School District. She has traveled to Malawi, Africa seven times in the past 13 years to assist with orphan care, education, and healthcare development. She has been serving on the Board for Circle of Hope since 2009.

Debbie's lecture (Transformation Brings Hope to a Rural African Village) will provide personal testimony of how she has witnessed the quality of life in one rural community of Malawi drastically change over the last 15 years.

Education and healthcare are two of the main areas of transformation with the establishment of a school, healthcare clinic, and a maternity care center.