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| + | <div class="p402_premium"><br><br><b>You started by working with your hands -- in cotton and tomato fields in California -- and here you are, still working with your hands as a brain surgeon.</b><br><br>I didn't know I was going to be a brain surgeon,burberry sito ufficiale, and yet I look back and don't see how I could have done anything else. "Rocky IV" -- not my favorite movie but good -- when his wife tells him you can't win: I was told that so many times. He turns around and says, "Even if I don't win, I'm willing to give it all. They're going to have to kill me to defeat me." And I feel that in life. Working as a brain surgeon and scientist -- I was born to do this; all my life, I work with my hands, and here I am,louboutin, full circle,cheap ghd straighteners.<br><br><b>You "hopped the fence" for good in 1987. Before that I have to say that you were really lousy at jumping the border. You kept getting caught, forgot your work papers, couldn't lie your way out of a paper bag.</b><br><br>I was terrible! But I just feel blessed that I was able to make it here. I love the United States; there is no country like America in the world,burberry. You can imagine how blessed I feel. In my office at Johns Hopkins, the No. 1 department of neurosurgery, I get patients from all over the world. It's not something I take for granted, not at all.<br><br><b>Do people ask whether you know Dr. Greg House, the fictional TV diagnostic genius of Johns Hopkins?</b><br><br>It's so funny you mention that. I'm training for a half-marathon [to benefit brain cancer patients],gucci sito ufficiale. I was cross-training on a machine and watching and here he was, the actor. I didn't realize he was from England, and he doesn't have a limp! My wife loves the show; I hear about it from her.<br><br><b>Why did you wait so long to write a book about your story, to tell the world how you came to be here,louboutin?</b><br><br>When "Hopkins" [a 2008 series about Johns Hopkins] was released, I realized I have been always afraid of being stigmatized, of people saying, "Oh, you became famous because of your story rather than your work." I needed first to establish an incredible practice, one of the best brain tumor practices in the world. I needed to establish myself as a scientist. I needed to get federal funds to do research on brain tumors. I am the editor of the bible of brain surgery. I needed to accomplish all those things and then tell my story. That was a big deal for me. I'm just a regular guy. It took awhile to decide to tell the story the way I see it.<br><br><b>When you actually came out and said, "Yeah, I came here illegally" -- how hard was that?</b><br><br>The first time I said it in public was at lunch with my classmates in medical school in 1994. They asked me how I came to the United States, and I said I hopped the fence -- very matter of fact -- and everybody was laughing. Another of my classmates from Mexico, from a very distinguished family, was laughing too. I kept eating; I didn't really know if I said something funny. I was still translating my lectures into Spanish, so I was learning the culture.<br><br>Then they realized I was serious,christian louboutin uk. I began to realize, wow, this is not something trivial, this is something people pay attention to. At , a tutor told me I couldn't possibly be Mexican because I was too smart. I was intimidated. I was afraid at Harvard; every time I'd be in a situation where people noticed my accent, they were going to ask me where I was from.<br><br>So it took many years. When I was chosen by my classmates at Harvard to give the commencement speech, I had to reflect on that, and I said, "All right, this is who I am,cheap ghd. It will start [as] a weakness; I can turn it into a strength."<br><br><b>How did you legalize your status?</b><br><br>When I was in community college in Stockton, I had a work authorization, and that became a temporary green card. This was the time of the amnesty. I became a permanent resident the year that I started Berkeley, '91, and then a citizen in '97 when I was at Harvard.<br><br><b>People advised you to change your name,louboutin shoes.</b><br><br>There are some things I feel very strongly about. When I was in the Castle Society at Harvard, friends argued how,gucci outlet online, for me to be successful, I should change my name to Al Quinn.<br><br>In '97, when I was going for citizenship, I realized, I'm not going to go the simple path. If I'm going to be successful in this country, I need to be proud of who I am and my roots.<br><br>So what do I do, instead of shortening my name? I hyphenate it to honor my mother. It became even longer and more challenging! When I was in [medical residency in] San Francisco, people started calling me Dr. Q. It's a way for me to be connected to my patients and the people around me.<br><br></div> | ||
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