Debra is a social entrepreneur focusing on youth development through the arts. She is the Founder of Design Dance, an arts education company using dance to teach social-emotional skills to over 3000 Chicago students annually and Prismatic, an education organization teaching mission-driven leadership to middle and high-school students through in-school, after-school and community-based programs. Debra is a TEDx speaker, recipient of the 2016 Goodcity Women’s Innovation Fund Award and a founding board member of the Illinois Dance Education Organization.
