Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, with
Aztec calendars, reminders of his native Mexico, in the background.
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The
Remarkable Journey of Doctor Q.
He grew up poor, south of the border. Now
he’s a neurosurgeon, bent on finding a cure for brain cancer.
When he arrived in the United States as an illegal migrant farm
worker in 1987, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was 19 years
old. He spoke not a word of English and had less than $5 in his
pocket. But he had something that many native-born Americans lack—a
burning desire to make something of himself.
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