Defying all odds: the new generation of Latino doctors

When he was in grade school, Dr. Gerardo Hernandez struggled with standardized tests and didn't get high grades. But meeting a doctor who grew up in his Latino neighborhood in southeast Los Angeles County inspired him and changed the course of his life. “I was the only brown kid in my class in medical school with parents from Chihuahua, Mexico.” Read more at VoiceWaves.voicewaves

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