The info we have is not enough. It says that he has grew up on a Rio’s favela, and that in the OW future, that’s still a poor area. It doesn’t state if his father got the job afterwards, what level of scientis he was of even if he was well-paid.
You see, that’s some of the stuff they could have explored more in the lore. Show me this conflicts. Was his father a talented scientist sucked dry by a corporation?