Debra Upham:  

During my high school years I moved around to different schools. I wanted to go to boarding school and not stay at home. I was bored with Browning. I was not popular, a late bloomer, I didn't play sports or belong to any club.It seemed in high school you had to be a jock, cheerleader,brainiac or cowboy to matter to anyone. If you were not one of those, forgetta bout it!! I really didn't care to fit in and I wasn't impressed by status. I was just who I was. Hey I was a teenager who was plucked from my home in Seattle and brought back to the rez. It was hard. I was a city kid living in a one-horse town. At least that's the way I felt back then. I was a bit rebellious. I didn't have enough credits, so I didn't graduate with my class, so I ended up getting a GED. But that was okay with me. I still went to college. I married my high school sweetheart from Busby at the tender age of 17 and had my first child at 19. I was divorced by the age of 24 with 3 kids to raise. Got married again on the rebound. That lasted a year. By then I had 4 children. And I decided to go off to college. In my sec...Expand for more