VIRIYA & KATHERINE

ALFREDO QUINONES WAS BORN IN MEXICO,HIS FIRST JOB WAS IN HIS FATHER'S GAS STATION, WHEN HE WAS  5 YEARS OLD.HIS GRANDMOTHER WAS A VILLAGE HEALER AND A MIDWIFE.

HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1989,HE HOPPED A BORDER FENCE FROM MEXICO INTO THE UNITED STATES AND BECAME A MIGRANT FARM WORKER ,HE BECAME A TRAINING TEACHER WHEN HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD.

THAT TIME HE WAS STUDIED ENGLISH AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE,WHERE A TEACHER ENCOURAGED HIM TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,BERKELEY.

HE WENT ON HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL,WHERE HE EVENTUALLY DELIVERED THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH. IT WAS THE SAME TIME THAT HE RECEIVED HIS U.S. CITIZENSHIP

QUINONES SAYS HE OWES SO MUCH OF HIS SUCCESS TO THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXTENDED A HAND TO HIM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.