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Also by Mim Eichler Rivas:

Go Where There Is No Path, September 2022
Paperback / e-Book
Becoming Dr. Q, October 2011
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Also by Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa:

Becoming Dr. Q, October 2011
Hardcover

BECOMING DR. Q
By: Mim Eichler Rivas, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon

Univ of California Press
October 2011
On Sale: October 1, 2011
348 pages
ISBN: 0520271181
EAN: 9780520271180
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir

Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he was Freddy, a nineteen-year-old undocumented migrant worker toiling in the tomato fields of central California.

In 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 at the University of California at Berkeley and at Harvard Medical School.

Packed with adventure and adversity—including a few 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 family, of mentors, and of giving people a chance.

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On Point - September 27, 2011