Background
John Torres was born on August 18, 1965, in New York, United States, into the family of Americo Torres Jr. and Carmen (Calderon) Torres.
John Torres was born on August 18, 1965, in New York, United States, into the family of Americo Torres Jr. and Carmen (Calderon) Torres.
In 1987 John teceived Bachelor of Arts at Fordham University.
John A. Torres devoted a great part of his career to writing biographies of famous football and basketball players and also other athlets. Before coming to Florida Today, John was the Assistant City Editor at the Poughkeepsie Journal. He also has been the member of staff of the USA Today Network since 1998. Over the years John has mainly covered courts, police and social issues while also working on numerous special projects. His reporting has taken him to Indonesia, Africa, Italy, Mexico, India and Haiti among other locations.
On June 9, 1990, John married Julie Perry, with whom he has two children: Darnel, and Jacqueline Torres.