When he moved to Milwaukee from a tiny town in Mexico, Carlos Torres couldnâ??t speak a word of English. Not even hello or goodbye.
He was a frightened kid, plunked into fifth grade at a south side Milwaukee school. His family – heâ??s the youngest of 10 children – rented a place near 14th and Lincoln. Now, a mere dozen years later, Carlos is a standout graduate of Marquette High School and, as of last weekend, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Faced with an enviable choice among four medical schools that accepted him, he has chosen Harvard on a full-tuition scholarship. Heâ??s the first member of his family to graduate from college.