Early Life
Menino was born in Readville, a part of Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood. He is the son of Susan and Carl Menino who are both of Italian descent. Menino received an associate degree in business management in 1963 at Chamberlayne Junior College, and went on to the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Community Planning in 1988.
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