. ▁He ▁later ▁began ▁the ▁school ' s ▁newspaper , ▁serving ▁as ▁editor - in - ch ief . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Lat ino ▁Le aders ▁article ▁" M aking ▁a ▁com eb ack : ▁the ▁Fernando ▁Esp uel as ▁Story ▁", ▁" Esp uel as ▁had ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁man ▁of ▁the ▁house , ▁while ▁his ▁mother ▁got ▁a ▁job ▁as ▁a ▁house keeper ▁in ▁wealth y ▁Green wich , ▁Connecticut ." ▁ ▁" It ▁was ▁quite ▁difficult ▁to ▁have ▁all ▁that ▁responsibility ▁at ▁first . ▁We ▁were ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁only ▁Latin ▁families ▁growing ▁up . ▁It ▁was ▁very ▁interesting ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁that ▁environment ; ▁it ▁was ▁such ▁a ▁complete ▁departure ▁from ▁our ▁lives ▁in ▁Uruguay . ▁Ess entially , ▁we ▁were ▁in ▁a ▁place ▁where ▁people ▁didn ' t ▁want ▁you , ▁and ▁didn ' t ▁understand ▁what ▁you ▁were ▁about ", ▁he ▁said . ▁And ▁though ▁Esp uel as ▁did ▁not ▁speak ▁any ▁English , ▁" g row ing ▁up ▁like ▁that ▁provided ▁a ▁trem end ous ▁in cent ive ▁for ▁me ▁to ▁learn . ▁" ▁ ▁" B ecause ▁they ▁were ▁des perate ▁for ▁money , ▁a ▁still - enter pr ising ▁Esp uel as ▁started ▁a ▁bank ▁and ▁an ▁ins urance ▁company -- his ▁first ▁US ▁business , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ten . ▁" I ▁managed ▁to ▁conv ince ▁some ▁of ▁my ▁wealth y ▁sixth ▁grade ▁friends ▁to ▁invest . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁simple ▁business ▁though : ▁we ▁were ▁just ▁able ▁to ▁give