Single, Three Kids, Law Degree

Roy Wenzl: Wichita — Latina Alston is not yet 30. She has three children out of wedlock with three fathers, two of whom have not helped much with the kids. She raised the children in poverty all their lives.

That's about to change.

Latina's story goes beyond absent fathers, food stamps and welfare checks. People at the Wichita Bar Association know that of their 1,175 members, only eight are African-American — the newest member being Latina.