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Dr. George Jallo Turns Uncertainty into Success
Posted on Apr 13, 2021 by Mike Stephenson
George Jallo, M.D.
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George Jallo, M.D., knows how it feels to not fit in, to not understand. He remembers being a boy who others thought had few prospects for success. He has been that child who looks at his parents’ faces and sees uncertainty as they talk with a teacher or a doctor.
He doesn’t want that for any child.
“We moved here when I was 5,” says Jallo, who was born in Bethlehem and moved to New Jersey from Lebanon. “I didn t speak a word of English. When I look back at my report cards from first and second grade, teachers thought I had no aptitude. It was really just a language barrier, not speaking English. My parents did not speak English, either. We taught ourselves watching Sesame Street.”
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