Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Becoming Dr. Q

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

749264265

Sub title

My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon

Summary

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 H

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