Debbie is the Executive Director of the Alray Scholars Program. 

Prior to the Alray Scholars Programs, Debbie was the Chief of Staff at Foster America, a national organization focused on improving the child welfare system. She also has provided strategy consulting to nonprofits and foundations, designed and implemented college access and success programming for first-generation college students, and coached youth aging out of foster care on securing and maintaining employment. 

Outside of her full-time work, Debbie volunteers as a mentor in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, free income tax preparer through the Boston Tax Help Coalition, and fundraising committee member for the Boston chapter of the New Leaders Council. She is a proud alumna of Brockton Public Schools (MA), Swarthmore College, and Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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