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FALL 2017 Ransom Everglades LOG 19 I learned from both in a very positive way, not in a Tiger Mom or Tiger Dad way. They showed me that we all face a world of possibility, and you owe it to yourself and others to pursue that.” Watson’s opportunities started at the public magnet school Henry S. West Laboratory School in Coral Gables and continued at Ransom Everglades, which provided a generous package of financial aid that allowed him to attend. “It was a terrific break for me,” Watson said. “Ransom Everglades had high standards academically; it was challenging; and I met really good teachers there … My parents felt Ransom Everglades was special and worth of that kind of effort, and I was fortunate to get to go.” The sky is the limit After his graduation, Watson launched. He chose Harvard over Princeton, Stanford and the University of Miami, and once in Cambridge, Mass., got busy quickly. He joined an off- campus tutoring program that allowed him to help low-achieving and troubled high school students with their school work and college applications. During the summers, he interned for The Miami Herald and Detroit Free Press, and upon graduating, worked as chief of staff for Rep. Daryl Jones and on the Clinton campaign in 1992. In 1995, after earning his law degree at Stanford, he landed a coveted gig at the consulting company McKinsey & Company. He “Ransom Everglades was special and worth that kind of effort, and I was fortunate to get to go.” – Carlos Watson Watson at his Harvard graduation with a friend. Watson with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and Jeff Greenfield.