12 Things You Never Knew About Deb

1. Deborah had a radio show in college called "8 Pairs of Don Alphonso's Tweezers"
2. Deborah used to organize rock concerts to raise money for domestic violence centers and homeless shelters.
3. In one of her first jobs, she answered phones at a sign language interpreting agency. She had to learn ASL and then run down hallways to fingerspell the names of people calling for the deaf people.
4. One of her life goals is to walk the Appalachian trail.
5. Deborah likes to experiment with intricate Japanese recipes.
6. Deborah started a poetry magazine called 32 Poems, which publishes Pulitzer-prize nominees.
7. Deborah played Casca in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in 6th grade.
8. Deborah has been featured in the Washington City Paper, Hyattsville Gazette, and quoted in Washington Woman.
9. Deborah's favorite web sites include Poetry Daily and Verse Daily.
10. She grew up reading the Washington Star, The Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, Time and Newsweek and watching Louis Rekeyser with her dad.
11. Deborah lived in Iowa where she had to drive 15 miles to do her laundry and 50 miles for Chinese food.
12. Deborah saw the tornado in College Park, MD.