By day and deep into the night, Jorge L. Torres-Garza moves between two callings: medicine and music. The passion he has for both is the same. The difference is in his instruments.
One moment the fourth-year student at Texas Tech Health El Paso Paul L. Foster School of Medicine could be using a computer, stethoscope and medical manikins to study how to treat patients. The next, the musician could be playing his accordion or guitar at a church service.
The native of Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, Mexico, has been on stages as a performer since he was a child. For the past six years, he has been a content creator on Instagram, where approximately 12,500 followers have tracked his journey from immigrant roots to norteño band leader to medical school graduate through his handle of becoming.dr.torres…