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Deborah is an award winning independent Producer/Writer/Director. She is recipient of The International Black Independent Film, Video & Screenplay Competition Screenplay Finalist award for the screenplay “Dreammakers” (Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Inc.), Her credits include former Series Producer/Writer for local Emmy nominated, award winning “Detroit Black Journal” and “Detroit Black News” of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) WTVS, where she produced news, public and cultural affairs programming. For PBS Deborah was recipient of the National Black Programming Consortium, “Prized Pieces” Award for the documentary “Mudra Afrique,” shot on location in Senegal West Africa. At PBS Deborah also produced the documentary, “Third New World Festival of the African Diaspora” shot on location in Suriname, South America. The American Black Journal Archives features a collection of programs produced by Deborah on the following website: http://abj.matrix.msu.edu/shows.php?year=1980 She also served as Television Training Instructor for the Nigerian Television Authority (Jacaranda International LTD), in Lagos Nigeria.

Deborah has under development a screenplay entitled “A Delicate Balance” to be produced as a feature film. As an independent producer/director she wrote and produced “Veterans on the Move”, and “Courageous Women: Echoing in Our Lives” which aired on Access Sacramento cable television. She also produced and wrote public service announcement “The Helping Hand” for the Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley Inc., and was Producer/Director/Writer/Videographer for feature special “Beyond the Mountaintop” for the National Brotherhood of Skiers.

She holds a B.A. in Television/Radio/Film from Michigan State University, and Masters of Science degree in Telecommunications Management from Golden Gate University. She also attended New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications graduate program, Tisch School of the Arts.

Go to http://www.hotmix106.com/podcast to hear a podcast of an interview recorded with Deborah as a featured guest on the Internet Radio show "Steppin' Out with the Arts" that aired Sept. 6, 2017.