Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon

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Today he’s referred to as Dr. Q, an across the world renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads state of the art research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he used to be Freddy, a nineteen-year-old undocumented migrant worker toiling in the tomato fields of central California. On this gripping memoir, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa tells his amazing life story—from his impoverished childhood in the tiny village of Palaco, Mexico, to his harrowing border crossing and his transformation from illegal immigrant to American citizen and gifted student on the University of California at Berkeley and at Harvard Medical School. Packed with adventure and adversity—including a couple of terrifying brushes with death—Becoming Dr. Q is a testament to persistence, hard work, the power of hope and imagination, and the pursuit of excellence. It’s also a story about the importance of circle of relatives, of mentors, and of giving people a possibility.

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