About the Author

Deborah Waters Gyapong's journalism career spans 20 years in television, print and radio, including 12 years as a producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television news and current affairs programming. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Deborah obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Wheaton College in Norton, MA, spending her senior year at Dartmouth College. She has produced several half-hour documentaries including Robbie's Story, which won the Atlantic Film Festival's journalism award in 1988, Shifting Sands which won the Radio and Television News Directors' Association's (RTNDA) business award in 1989. She is currently an associate of Real Alternatives, a group of independent consultants involved in helping businesses and organisations reach their highest potential.