The International Community Foundation (ICF) wishes to extend its appreciation to the many people and institutions that gave of their time, expertise and financial support to make Shared Destiny possible. In particular, we would like to thank the California Endowment for its underwriting of this report.

We would also like to thank the various individuals that have collaborated with us, providing us with valuable input and advice to make this report possible including Rosemarie Johnson, M.D. Member of the California Delegation of the US-Mexico Border Health Commission (USMBHC); Ricardo Jimenez, MPH of the Council of Community Clinics and Irma Gigli, M.D. of the Center for Immunology & Autoimmune Diseases Organization, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and an ICF Board Member.

We are also most grateful for the support of Amy Ezquerro and Galatea Audio/Visual of Tijuana, B.C. in the area of graphic design and the report layout as well as the assistance of the following ICF staffers, Hong Shen, Dion Ward, Dimitri Saad and Chelsea Mohahan, that have provided logistical, research, editorial and web based support related to the production of this report.