Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist who went from migrant worker to brain surgeon:
"Quiñones-Hinojosa's path to becoming a physician started in an unlikely place: a cotton field. He came to the United States in 1987 from his native Mexico at the age of 19, penniless and unable to speak English. Driven to have a better life than the one he would have had in Mexico, Quiñones-Hinojosa took jobs picking cotton, painting and welding to pay for his tuition at San Joaquin Delta Community College in Stockton, Calif. He studied English and tutored other Spanish speakers in math and science. Quiñones-Hinojosa transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his bachelor's degree in psychology with high honors in 1994. Five years later, he earned his medical degree with honors from Harvard Medical School."
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