[1] Debbie Caruana Dingli was born on 3 March 1962 to Mario and Bertha née Curmi.
[3] She started formal art tuition at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in St Julians under Margaret Chircop.
[4] In May 2016 she was involved in a major car accident in which she sustained several serious injuries, leaving her unable to paint using her right hand.
[5] Debbie Caruana Dingli's first solo exhibition was in 1985 and was held at the invitation of the Museum of Fine Arts in Malta.
[7] She has held seven solo exhibitions, with themes spanning from the environment, animals and their welfare, to portraits.