Deborah Smith graduated from Campbell University, North Carolina with a Bachelor of Business Administration. After moving to Washington, she attended Washington State University, Tri-Cities, and graduated with a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. She did her internship at Nueva Esperanza, which is now Tricity Community Health, and, upon completing that joined the organization as a mental health counselor. My work there included children, adolescents, and adults, some of whom had just been released from the hospital.