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From Wendy’s drive-thru to Yale’s hallowed halls: Thalles De Souza, a former Cape Cod fast-food worker turned Ivy League scholar, is rewriting the script on what’s possible. Escaping hardship in Brazil at 13, he landed a job at Wendy’s while still in high school—and his bosses didn’t just see a worker, they saw potential. They created a scholarship to get him to community college, and now, at 23, he’s heading to Yale to study political science and human rights, with law school in his sights. His story proves that grit, mentorship, and unexpected opportunities can turn the most humble…
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