Debi graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 1988 with a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics and English - Honours. She then obtained her Masters in Speech Communication from the University of Maine in 1990. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is also a certified member of the Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists. Debi is a registered member of College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario. She has worked in a wide variety of school districts in New Brunswick, New Mexico, Oregon and Ontario.