A number of people, organizations, and institutions have supported “Finding Fernanda.” Special thanks to the following:
- Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) for the 2010 Freelance Fellowship Award
- Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS) for the 2010 Joan Cook Fellowship
- The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University for research assistance, mentorship, and all-around support
- The Stabile Center for Investigative Reporting at Columbia University for supporting reporting expenses at the start of this project in 2008 and 2009
- Nicole Haff, Dolores F. Dibella, and Matthew J. Morris at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York for legal counsel
- Fern Diaz, research assistant
And a big thanks to the 114 Kickstarter backers who chipped in a total of $5,050 to help defray international reporting costs: Sarah Bleviss, Ida C. Benedetto, Audacia Ray, Pearl Gabel, Kathleen Burton McDade, Jennifer Janisch, Brianna Cayo Cotter, Ruth Ann Harnisch, Jen Angel, Amanda Siegal, Kerry Weber, Dale Edmonds, Kelley Bunkers, Brook Cole, Aric Mayer, Juan Carlos Llorca, Renee Feltz, Lisa Jervis, Regina Pollack, C.W. Anderson, Jennifer Hemsley, Patrick Keaney, Caroline Dworin, Allison Harned, Lisa Mancini, Bryan Graham, Arun Gupta, Doug Henwood, J. Bill Chilton, Andrew Boyd, ananogger, Richard Siegal, Darren Hauck, Michael D. Yates, Mary Cuddehe, Jaime, Angela Tosca, Nicholas Pinto, Aaron, John Kalonaros, Laura McIntyre, Craig Tyler, Eugenia and Victor Villagra, Nancy Johnson, the Diaz family, Andy Schmid, Anonymous, Aura Bogado, Laura Harris, Hilke Schellmann, S. Alfredo Cruz, Brandon Neubauer, Nathaniel Moore, Jasmine DeFoore, Jennifer MacFarlane, Claire Galli, Brett, Myles, Claire Pavlik Purgus, Kristina Puga, Ken Hawkins, Julie Mack, Eunice Lipton, Beth Barany, Carlos Pareja, Anita Kissee, Kelly Truax, Jordan Flaherty, Mik Kinkead, Zoe Holmes, Michael Au, Renee Dumas, Holly Wilmeth, Bonnie Castellani, Erin Lockward, Melanie Light, Emi Kane, Mikaela Conley, Anonymous, Jake Lawrence, Megan, Mac McClelland, Roninja, Michael Shaw, Tara Cook, Mike Dunshee, Te-Ping Chen, Suzanne Ma, Michael Fox, Lianne Milton, Teru Kuwayama, Sunny Bates, Marcy Klattenberg, Max Moraga, E.J. Graff, Rolando Sandor, Kate Bradley, Susan Sawyers, Jane Isay, Matthew Cassel, Tim Martens, Carolyn Toll Oppenheim, Jane Stevens, Jackie Bischof, Sharon Torres, Cathryn Ramin, Poco a Poco, Seth Herman, Jan Paschal, Mark Renehan, Krista Kennell, Bob Black, Carl Mastandrea, and Sapana Sakya.
I’d also like to thank a few anonymous adoptive parents in particular, who have provided tips, perspective, and hours of internet sleuthing out of a desire to help this project. They don’t want public acknowledgment, but they are certainly deserving of thanks.
