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As aspiring healthcare professionals with strong holistic interest in primary care delivery, we hold great curiosity in learning more about your 4-year, community health worker (CHW) intervention program for patients with uncontrolled type 2-diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and accompanying psychological risk factors. As demonstrated in your study, CHWs hold great promise in helping patients with chronic diseases improve their health and quality of life. Through careful review of methods employed, and outcomes described, multiple questions crossed our minds. As this study was conducted from 2013 to 2017, we are curious if and how the CHW intervention transitioned to a permanent program? Overall improvement of care, continuity, and quality of life for those with chronic illnesses are often rooted in issues surrounding social impoverishment as a systemic cause. This led us to ponder, if this type of care were to be implemented in other areas facing prevalent instances of social injustice and scarcity outside of San Antonio, Texas, do you believe that the outcomes would be similar? Thank you for considering our questions.