Once migrant workers, twin brothers graduate from medical school one day apart

Omar and Octavio Viramontes.
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One trip to the library was all it took to get Omar and Octavio Viramontes hooked on learning.

The twin brothers immigrated to the United States from Mexico when they were 10 years old. Once the family settled in central California, they all worked together, picking grapes and selling produce door to door. Omar told CBS News that the first year was "tough," but "we started to realize that we were doing this for a specific reason, and it was to help our family, to help each other."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.