Deborah Wilbrink was born in Atlanta, GA. She taught English Language and Literature courses in several Georgia high schools before relocating to Nashville in 2003. She joins Cane Ridge High from McMurray Middle School.

Mrs. Wilbrink earned a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Georgia, and gained teaching certification in English, and ELL, through completing coursework at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, and Oxford University, England. In 2007, Mrs. Wilbrink also became a National Board Certified Teacher in “English as a New Language” in a stringent, voluntary certification process. Recently she taught Spanish business professionals and government officials in an English immersion program, Pueblo Ingles, in rural northern Spain. She’s a member of the national and state Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages professional organization.

Prior to joining the education profession Mrs. Wilbrink has enjoyed a varied career, including that of an award-winning television news editor and commercial producer; director of four public historic cemeteries; and manager of a U. S. Senator’s office. She has also published articles in national magazines and is known to write and perform an occasional song.

Tennessee's magnificent outdoors as well as Nashville's musical and cultural milieu attracted Mrs. Wilbrink to relocate to Music City, where in 2006 she married a Dutch citizen, Evert Wilbrink, an international record company executive with a number of Nashville artists on his roster.

Mrs. Wilbrink enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and canoeing, loves music, and, according to her husband, is great at 'diverse cooking'. Her son Brewer is an accountant living in Columbus, GA. And her mother, Carol, has just retired as an ELL teacher in Phoenix, AZ, one of the first in that field.