Debbie is an American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association certified speech-language pathologist. She has over 20 years of experience working with children with speech and language disorders in public school and university clinic settings. Debbie received her Master's in Speech-Language Pathology from UNC-Greensboro and her Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. She spent five years as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire teaching courses on communication development, developmental language disorders, and child/adolescent language intervention before returning to clinical practice.