Debbie Martinez was born in Phoenix, AZ and graduated from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO. Debbie resigned from her job as an Administrative Assistant in 2001, when the effects of Multiple Sclerosis began to take her sight. After raising her three daughters, she moved to the peaceful mountains of Buena Vista, CO, where she currently resides. Debbie married in 2013. She is a speaker, and editor, as well as an author who previously wrote for an online magazine. Debbie's transparency and firm grasp of God's truth challenges women of every age and stage to trust in the life-giving power of God's Word, for every aspect of their lives. Her life gives testimony that it is possible to find true, lasting joy in the furnace.