CARLOS ESCALERA FLORES

SEPT. 4TH, 1989

CARLOS WAS BROUGHT TO US AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, FROM THE STATE PRISON, WHERE BOTH HIS PARENTS WERE LIVING. AT FIRST HE COULDN'T TALK, BUT NOW, AFTER SEVERAL YEARS HERE, HIS SPEECH IS NORMAL.

HE IS QUITE SMALL FOR HIS AGE AND FOR A LONG TIME AFTER HE ARRIVED, HE HAD A CONSTANT RUNNY NOSE. HE IS A VERY CUTE LITTLE BOY WHO IS VERY HAPPY TO RECEIVE ALL THE HUGS YOU WANT TO GIVE. HE WAS ALWAYS QUIET AND RESERVED UNTIL HIS LITTLE BROTHER (WHO IS ONE YEAR YOUNGER) JOINED US. THEN CARLOS CAME OUT OF HIS SHELL, GREW UP SOME, AND TRIED TO TAKE CARE OF DANIEL.

CARLOS IS WILLING TO DO HIS SHARE OF THE WORK AROUND THE ORPHANAGE, USUALLY WITH A SMILE!