Dr. Q Portrait

Dr. Q
2019
graphite, ink and gouache on paper
7 x 10 inches plus frame
 
What undocumented migrant who used to read Kalimán superhero comics as a boy went on to become one of the world's greatest neurosurgeons?

ALFREDO QUIÑONES-HINOJOSA
Neurosurgeon

Mexicali, Mexico - Baltimore, USA

One of a series of 50 illustrations portraying migrants who changed the world for the book for young readers entitled Vidas sin fronteras: 51 historias para derribar los muros by Yaiza Santos and Annuska Angulo (Alfaguara, 2019).