Early Years
Quiñones, the oldest of six children, was born in a small village outside of Mexicali. In 1987, at the age of 19, Quiñones-Hinojosa jumped the border fence between Mexico and the United States. Once arriving in America, Quinones could not speak English and worked on farms outside of Fresno, California. As a farm hand, he saved enough money to take English classes.
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