Debbie grew up in Moorestown, NJ and graduated from Moorestown High School. She returned in 2014 with a wealth of experience from the intervening years, including: leadership positions in large congregations, such as president of the Tokyo Union Church congregation, Tokyo Japan; Patron and volunteer with a micro finance organization giving grants and loans in Southeast Asia; and volunteer work with food pantry/delivery ministries in Tokyo, New York City, Connecticut and Northeast Pennsylvania.