Born in Sacramento, California, she has performed with The Sacramento Ballet, The San Diego Ballet, Jean Isaac's San Diego Dance Theatre, and The San Diego Opera and currently with Monica Bill Barnes at Lincoln Center Institute. She received her training from Dame Sonia Arova, Thor Sutowski, Arturo Fernandez, Sara Neece, Kevin Wynn, Joe Goode and Ron Cunningham. Her choreography has been presented in Mexico, New York and Southern California. Her contemporary ballet works have been seen at Sushi Visual and Performance Art Space in San Diego, and in New York at the DUMBO Dance Festival and Ballet Builders. Deborah graduated cum laude with degrees in both Theatre and Dance from the University of California, San Diego. Presently, she is a dance faculty member at Ballet Tech.