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Quinoneshinojosa, 40, was an illegal immigrant working in the vegetable fields of the central valley in california before becoming a neurosurgeon. But not too long ago, he was freddy, a nineteenyearold undocumented migrant worker toiling in the. In this gripping memoir, alfredo quinoneshinojosa tells his amazing life story from his impoverished childhood in the tiny village of palaco, mexico, to his. My journey from migrant farm worker to brain surgeon, which went on to earn him an international latino book award in.
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