My husband, Curt wrote this article for the Star Tribune after I won this award:
My wife (I know I’m biased) was recently awarded Best in Show at the Uptown Art Fair in the Best of Jewelry category. What makes her story exceptional is that, last November, she had a ruptured brain aneurysm that nearly ended her life. She spent two weeks in critical care in the ICU; doctors discovered an additional four aneurysms that had not ruptured, which required months of additional surgery and recovery. Deb is a full-time Minneapolis teacher. However, she is unable to return to teaching because she is still in recovery and she might not be able to teach again. Jewelry was her hobby prior to teaching, but while in recovery she’s been at it full time. In a very short amount of time, she now an award-winning jeweler.