Born in Portland, she has just one sibling, and her brother is 16 years younger! Sharing the same parents, Debbie said she feels she was basically raised as an only child since she graduated at age 18 from Reynolds High School and then left for college. Before leaving for college, she worked as a camp counselor at Trout Creek Bible Camp. It was here she met the love of her life. Debbie started college at Lewis and Clark and then transferred to Mt. Hood Community College. She wanted to be near Tim Baker, whom she met at the Bible Camp in Corbett! They married when Debbie was just 19 and she moved to Corbett (Aims) to be near his family, who has been in the area for over 100 years! Debbie finished the program in Accounting at Mt. Hood Community College and became the bookkeeper for the family logging business that Tim purchased in 1989. Growing up, Debbie's grandmother was a strong influence, teaching her to sew and create many different arts and crafts. Over the years she has created and sewed numerous costumes for Corbett Children's Theater, Mt. Hood College Theater and Oregon Children's Theater. Together Tim and Debbie have raised four children together. Their youngest is attending Corbett High, their oldest daughter just gave them a grandchild, and the two middle sons work for the family logging business. Debbie loves working at the Corbett schools and said she came after getting laid off due to budget cuts at Hartley Elementary. Debbie says that as long as she is able to work with and be around kids, she is very happy! In her free time, she loves to be with Emma, her granddaughter, enjoys gardening, cross country skiing and doing sewing, arts and crafts.