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Retired business executive and Special Education specialist - and now Bestselling Author,

 Debra Pritchard encourages recent graduates and mid-lifers to take a risk and discover other Cultures. Her new memoir shows you how she did it, and that You can too!

Exploring Dreams, Cultures, and Risk Taking at Any Age

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INTERNATIONAL  AUTHOR  and SPEAKER

New Release

Vipers and Geckos
(2024)

Deb leaps into her childhood dream of adventure in an Alien Land...which doesn't turn out quite as planned.

 

She discovers friends and snakes as she climbs daily obstacles.

 

Her dream confronts ingrained superstitions, devout religion, and distrust of foreigners.

 

As Deb bumbles her way through cultural nuances that confound her, she finds that dreams can be a rocky road.

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"Deb captures us Filipinos as well as a foreigner can, and she does so with compassion, laughing at herself as she learns our culture."

Bobby L. Castro, owner, Palawan Group of Ccmpanies and author,  'An Entrepreneur's Journey'

Alexa Young, CA

Upcoming Events

Deb's mission is empowering people to take risks and seize opportunities during those questioning times of life - youth and mid-life. She uses her book as one example of a giant leap when she speaks to community, corporate and collegiate organizations.

          

Her passions are Climate Change and empowering young women through intergenerational leadership. She speaks about doing business in the Philippines and Southeast Asia from a cultural perspective (which is also the subject of her next book!).
 
Request Deb as a Guest Speaker on Philippine Customs and Business Practices, or as a Motivational Speaker to groups at a Crossroads. Click the button below to request a 15-minute chat to discuss possibilities. 
 

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About Deb Pritchard

Deb returned from Palawan in 2020, just in time for the pandemic lockdown. She settled in Avila Beach and can be found roaming Olde Port Beach with her covid hound, Twix, or biking along coastal cliffs.

© 2023 Deb Pritchard
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