Deborah Wicks La Puma is a composer, music director, orchestrator and performer. Her works for adults and children have been seen across the country at the Kennedy Center, Chicago's Goodman Theatre, Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, Maryland's Olney Theatre, Arlington's Signature Theatre, Palo Alto's TheatreWorks, The Berkshire's Barrington Stage Company, Interlochen Center for The Arts, and the White House. Her awards include the Jane Chamber Playwriting Award, the Robert M. Golden Award, a National Endowment for the Arts - New American Works Grant, two Helen Hayes nominations, two Parent's Choice Awards, and an iParenting media award.

Ms. La Puma received her MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, her BA from Stanford University, and studied folk music with Alfredo Lopez, musicologist at La Universidad de Baja California. A Mexican American with dual citizenship who speaks Spanish and Portuguese, her other musical works include a bilingual Mass and two Rock/Jazz albums with the Brazilian band Turba Multa. She is the director of choral music at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, and is a proud member of ASCAP, the Dramatist Guild and TYA/USA. She resides in Los Angeles with her very patient husband Chris and three beautiful daughters.