She received her BSN from the University of Washington and her MSN as a Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist from the University of California in San Francisco. Her teaching experience includes professional development, leadership education, and pediatric clinical and didactic education. She has also co-led a Health care in Peru inter-professional course for two summers. Debbie is co-chair of the east region clinical placement consortium, which partners with regional consortiums to create best practices in clinical learning opportunities for students.