Deborah Nolan is Professor of Statistics and holds the Zaffaroni Family Chair in Undergraduate Education at the University of California-Berkeley, where she has also served as Associate Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. This interview provides Deborah Nolan's background story, which describes how she began her career in statistics. Topics covered in the interview include: (1) early career at Berkeley; (2) book projects; (3) statistical computing in undergraduate statistics; (4) undergraduate statistics at Berkeley; (5) guidelines for undergraduate programs; and (6) preparing future teachers.