Debra Maria Flint was born in Birmingham, UK, and converted to Catholicism at 22 years of age. She speaks and writes fluent Greek. Flint studied theology before qualifying as a nurse. She has a BSc in safeguarding and post-graduate qualifications in management and investigative research. Flint worked for 20 years in social care. She managed children's homes and later worked as a Social Care Inspector for Ofsted. She was the first Social Care Inspector in England to represent Ofsted in court when a company failed to have robust safeguarding procedures in place. Flint decided to follow a consecrated path after the death of her late husband in 2014. She spent six years exploring the female consecrated life before experiencing difficulties in 2020. These difficulties ignited her passionate advocacy for the plight of spiritually abused women. Her first book on the female consecrated life was published in April 2021.