This unique memoir takes readers into schools located in the most remote corners of Alaska, the canyonlands of rural Utah and onto an army post in Colorado. Readers are provided a rare, first-hand look into the lives of children educated in our schools and into both the triumphs and the sometimes shocking failures of public education. Panache begins with Debra's adventures as a young, "tundra-trekking, village-hopping" school psychologist who built a brilliant career as a psychologist, educator and advocate for children with special needs. The reader is led on a remarkable journey as the author sustains--and attempts to recover from--a devastating head injury which not only compromises her ability to think, but challenges both her and those around her to accept the personality changes that often accompany what is too-often diagnosed as a "mild" head injury.