Doesn't matter how menial may be the job that you're doing today. If you have dreams, that will turn into something positive in the future.
Alfredo Quinones-HinojosaI hear hate. I hear people who clearly don't have a great understanding of the American dream. That the American dream is based on hard work and dedication, determination, resilience, excitement, mentorship, help and love for each other.
Alfredo Quinones-HinojosaDeveloped countries will always welcome the Einsteins of this world - those individuals whose talents are already recognized and deemed to have value. This welcome doesn't usually extend to the poor and uneducated people seeking to enter the country. But the truth, supported by the facts of history and the richness of immigrant contribution to America's distinction in the world, is that the most entrepreneurial, innovative, motivated citizen is the one who has been given an opportunity and wants to repay the debt.
Alfredo Quinones-HinojosaYou have to have passion for everything you do, and you've got to look at the positive side.
Alfredo Quinones-HinojosaThe same skills that I used as a welder, as a migrant farm worker, are similar skills that I'm using as a brain surgeon.
Alfredo Quinones-HinojosaAs a researcher at US Berkeley I used to go into the brains of small, little animals and study the way that brains were connected and how little did I know that one day that was going to be my future - exploring the universe of the brain and hold it in between my hands and look at cells migrating.
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa