Deb Detorie

Deb Detorie retired from the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) where she worked as a reading specialist, Speech-Language Pathologist, elementary school assistant principal and principal. She has worked at all levels of public education from pre-K through post graduate as an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico. She is passionate about public education and the impact it can have on all of us! She got her first APS administrative position as the Special Education Assistant Principal at Atrisco Elementary School and was principal at Montezuma ES, which has an economically, linguistically and culturally diverse student population and is the only elementary
school in APS that provides education services to students with the most severe emotional and behavioral disabilities. 

 

Although I was born in Washington, DC, my family moved to Albuquerque when I was 9- years-old. I earned my BS and MA from New Mexico State University and Ph.D from The University of Texas-Austin. I am happiest in my garden, walking my 2 Jack Russel Terriers along the bosque and traveling this beautiful world with my husband.