Migrant Child Farmworkers to High-Profile Professionals^©

Original Documentary Film Preview

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 Xolo Maridueña (star of Blue Beetle, and Cobra Kai) is the on-camera presenter of Migrant Child Farmworkers to High-Profile Professionals^© the original documentary film which features the stories of eleven children who grew up with seemingly overwhelming problems including homelessness, hunger and poverty. Many had to work full-time as migrant child farm laborers with their earnings going to help support their family. These experiences were exacerbated by society’s cruel indifference to them, and other children like were.

Today they are medical doctors, research scientists, engineers, educators, leaders elected to the U.S. Congress and California state government, and a former big law attorney turned Hollywood talent manager. Their impressive accomplishments include authoring hundreds of scientific research papers published in The New England Journal of Medicine; contributing to the development of pivotal Apple products and teaching medicine at Stanford School of Medicine and UCSF Fresno. 

Their success, in defiance of all odds and adversity, is a testament to the indomitable human spirit. Their ability to turn childhood poverty and hardship into personal and professional triumph showcases what is possible for all. A timely reminder of the limitless human potential of every child, no matter their background or circumstances. Making it clear that all children (human beings) deserve to be treated with dignity, recognized as equally important and worthy of being given every opportunity to flourish.