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Farm worker to brain surgeon
The education of Dr. Q & his Manteca connection
DrQ-3-RAR
Renowned brain surgeon and former farm worker, Dr. Alfredo Quiones-Hinojosa, speaks to a packed audience at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton. - photo by ROSE ALBANO RISSO
STOCKTON – In the book, “Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon,” the six-page acknowledgments ends with these three sentences: “How can I thank my wife? Anna, you are the best in-house editor, fellow traveler, life partner, friend, mother, and role model I could have imagined in the journey of writing this book. Thank you for everything.