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contents September 2018 PUBLISHER & CEO Val Thompson VOL. III, NO. VIII 10 - Seen-on-the-Scene 26 - People Texas and NAFTA Facts and Business Opportunities The Honorable Óscar Rodríguez Cabrera Consul General of Mexico In Houston By: Blanca Beltran ...................... Pete Garcia President of the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce By: Heidi Powell-Prera ...................... Robin E. Blunt Director of the State Department Office of Foreign Missions By: Charles Padgett ...................... Mathew Knowles Has Sights on New Adventures in Music and Publishing By: Heidi Powell-Prera 14 - Living DID YOU KNOW? Mexican-American Contributions Written by Susanne Rothschild, MBA, PMP | President, The Rothschild Corporation ...................... International Trade Committee In Action By: Lilit Kirsh, M.B.A., B.S. ...................... My Journey as a Rotary Peace Fellow in the “City of Angels” By: Ximena Murillo, MIB 20 - Policy GLOBAL GAB: An Important Win, Remembering Mccain By: HLiz Schrayer, USGLC ...................... EB-5 VISA By:Victor Escalante 48 - The Last Word From the Publisher, Val Thompson CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Heidi Powell DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Sonia Guimbellot ASSOC. PHOTOGRAPHER Victor Escalante (Cover Page) ASSOCIATE EDITORS Anita Long Sandy Bernstein SOCIAL DIRECTORS Dawn Gunther David Ng (Sugar Land) CONTRIBUTING WRITERS / REPORTERS Heidi Powell CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Heidi Powell Susanne Rothschild Blanca Beltran Charles Padgett REPORTER / CORRESPONDENT Anryaman Bhatia Washington D.C. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT Ximena Murillo Corey Mason Copyright© 2018 International Focus Magazine. All rights reserved. No part of this book September be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems. iF logo is protected through copyright registration in the United States. people 6 iF Magazine | September 2018 GRAPHIC DESIGNER Craig L. Amos We welcome your comments and suggestions, please send to: [email protected] iF Magazine | www.iFMagazine.net 7