Debi L Taylor (aka Debra Lewin) was born in New York to two immigrant parents. She grew up in South Burlington, Vermont. Debi graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Administration in 1988 and starting working at a model/talent agency. In October of 1989 Debi became a partner of Promark Models and Promotions. She then opened her own agency, Debra Lewin Productions and Talent (DLPT) in January of 1993 in Vermont and a satellite office in South Beach, Florida in October of 1994. She sold her agency in January 2003. In 1997 she married her long-time boyfriend Todd Schneider and they moved to Los Angeles in the fall of 1998 where they currently reside with their two children and two dogs.