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Antonia C. Novello http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0878914.html https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=what%20is%20a%20children%20fund
 * http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/history.htm
 * https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_239.html
 * Puerto Rican
 * Born 1944 August 23
 * she suffered from an abnormality of the colon
 * then her dad died when she was four
 * she graduated high school at 15
 * she was very smart
 * she attended the university of puerto rican but she had a hard time because she had her surgery
 * for the next two years it was hard for her
 * she went to the united states for a better treatment at Mayo clinic
 * when she was in medical school she met and married joseph novello
 * she completed her medical training in the study of kidneys at the university of michigan
 * she came from a poor family
 * her parents divorced
 * her health problems limited her for activity during her childhood
 * she was in the hospital a lot and barley got out of it
 * she had to have two surgeries because her first one didn't go so well
 * she was leading a campaign against tobacco companies who hurt children in cigarette ads
 * she was very good at organ transplantations
 * it was hard for her to come to the united states because she was poor
 * and she had to adapted to the weather because in puerto rico it is hot
 * but she did speak english
 * her experience from having that disease made her want to pursue her job in medicine
 * in 1993 she left her post as a surgeon and went to work for the United States Children Fund
 * A children fund is to help kids who are in need

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Antonia_C._Novello.aspx
 * she overcame poverty as a child