Co-Director of Communications, Secretary

Debbie Labarthe received her BA degree in Secondary Business Education from the University of Central Florida and a Masters Degree in Inclusive Education from Kennesaw State University. After 28 years of teaching, she retired in 2022.  

In 2003 her grandson, Carson, was born with primary lymphedema in his right leg and pelvis.  After a frustrating year-long journey of misdiagnoses about his increased swelling, Debbie was instrumental in having his case reviewed and properly diagnosed by the Vascular Anomalies Center at the Children’s Hospital of Boston.  Soon thereafter, she discovered the Lighthouse Lymphedema Network.  She joined our Board of Directors in 2004 and has served as the Secretary and Parent Networking Rep since 2006.