Her photographic career took a completely different turn when she participated in missions to Liberia and Darfur for Refugees International a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC.  Exposing herself to a self-fulfilling journey she used her artistic vision to capture the desperate plight of refugees and impoverished people revealing the resilient and enduring inner-beauty that lies beneath the hardship of their daily life.

Deborah is Vice President and Creative Director for International Lifeline Fund (Lifeline) – a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization. Lifeline seeks to “help people help themselves”. Through innovative and cost-effective interventions — clean water and fuel-efficient stove programs that have profoundly improved quality of life for over 500,000 displaced and impoverished people in Africa and Haiti.  

In 2017 Deborah channeled her picturesque vision into the television industry. She is the Founder and Creative Director as well as the producer, videographer writer, editor, and photographer of each episode of Beauty Inside Out (BIO).