Deborah (she/her) is a Canada-based writer, editor, and performer from South Africa.

She’s a Fulbright scholar and has a MA in Applied Theater Arts from the University of Southern California.

Her mixed bag of passions includes live performance, demystifying women’s health issues, and trying to understand the inner workings of her cats.

Education

• MA in Applied Theater Arts at the University of Southern California
• BA in Theater and Performance at the University of Cape Town
• Certificate in Screenplay Writing at Vancouver Community College
• Certificate in Creative Writing at Vancouver Community College
• Continuing Studies Certificate in Creative Writing at Simon Fraser University

Work experience

Deborah’s expertise has led to work in writing, teaching, workshop facilitation, content management, and performance.

Careers highlights

• Her play “The Bluebottles” was chosen as The Jersey City Theatre’s Voices International Theatre Festival
• She was Surrey Muse featured poet in 2021
• She loves working as part of the content management team at KYO Content