Deborah Galiley grew up in a conservative Jewish home on Long Island. She became a believer in Yeshua (Jesus) after graduating from college and moving to L.A. She and her husband, Steve, moved to Central New York in the late 1980s and have been leading messianic Jewish congregations ever since. They have five children: Josh, Shimon, Yael, Noa, and Ellie. She and Steve also founded a messianic Jewish internet radio station: http://www.soundsofshalom.com.