How did this Pittsburgh girl end up all the way in Holliston?!?

Growing up in a suburb about 20 minutes outside of the city, Deb always loved dance (and as you'll learn towards the end of the interview, her daughter is the exact same way).  During her Junior and Senior year of high school, she was apart of a kickline that traveled around the country performing at different shows and parades including Disney!  Deb had an interest in theater where she describes a hysterical moment where she got a future broad way start to actually break character in rehearsals unintentionally.

When she was in high school, Deb took an interest to accounting as she really enjoyed how the numbers matched up and everything balanced out.  She left high school pursuing a degree in accounting at Penn State.  She did find later on at Penn State though, accounting wasn't for her.  She switched to marketing because that enabled her to tap in to her creativity and personable abilities much more than accounting ever could.

Shortly after graduating, Deb landed a job with Macy's in management.  She later switched to a marketing position with a financial firm to pursue something she was more passion about.  Eventually she decided to go get her MBA full-time going down the tract of entrepreneurship.  Originally, she thought she was going to open up her own retail shop with her degree, but she had enough self awareness to realize she was very risk adverse.  She graduated in 2008, right in the middle of the infamous Stock Market Crash...

Needless to say, getting a job was a bit difficult after graduating from her masters program.  Her and her boyfriend at the time (now husband and Firewaller), Jeremy, moved out to Illinois because he was pursuing a PhD out that way.  Deb quickly found a temporary job at a place called Noodles.  She later went on to join an internet marketing company.  In the meantime, she acquired some group fitness certifications and took up some positions as a group fitness instructor at her local gym. She also ended up working for an administrative position at a hospital where she was able to apply her marketing talents.  A fun fact about her time there is that she actually made a farmer's market within the hospital!

Once Jeremy completed his PhD program, his new job took him to none other than Framingham where he worked for MathWorks at the time.  He currently works for Bose.  Deb started working at a local hospital and in April of 2019, she joined Blue Cross Blue Shield where she works on the quality side of provider groups.

In the back half of the interview, Deb opens up to us about how her and Jeremy met.  Astonishingly, they were friends for 8 whole years prior to dating!  I think you'll really enjoy the story of how they finally started dating after all that time.

Deb and Jeremy have now been in Holliston for around two years.  They have two kids - Mikayla (5 years old) and Joshua (3 years old).

Thank you so much for coming on the show, Deb!  We greatly appreciate the time you took to tell us all about your life and everything in it.  Please continue to inspire positivity, liveliness and a can-do attitude at Firewall.  You're the best!