Deb Gore has worked with incarcerated women and formerly incarcerated women for over a decade. She teaches financial literacy to women in Texas prisons who are about to be released. Her reentry curricula won the Governor's Criminal Justice Service Award in 2022. The four reentry programs have been taught in multiple prisons and transitional facilities in various states, and have been completed by thousands of women.  Additionally, Deb founded the Incarcerated Women's Project, an advocacy effort to improve the lives of justice involved women in Texas. She has been married to her husband Rex for over 40 years.