‘I can be both’: How NHI inspired 10 students from one Arizona school

Imagine living in Mexico and going to high school in the United States every day. For Maria Mexia, who attends Yuma Catholic High School in Yuma, Ariz., that’s how she experiences and is building her Latina identity, and that’s part of what makes NHI so resonant to these students.  That’s what Regina Legarreta, NHI’s associate […]

NHI and Seton Hall to partner on 2026 American LDZ program

“If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere,” the famed line from “Theme from New York, New York” speaks to the possibilities New York City offers for people who go there to achieve their dreams. For a group of NHI students this approaching summer, inspiration from the international city will be part […]

2025 JFL Fellows shape leaders, expand their own leadership capacities

This summer, five interns not only changed their lives, but changed the lives of hundreds of NHI students in the process.  The college student group called to Maxwell to become John F. Lopez, Jr. Research and Management Fellowship interns (or JFLs for short) had a variety of duties while at NHI headquarters, but they were also […]

NHI and Seton Hall to partner on 2026 American LDZ program

“If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere,” the famed line from “Theme from New York, New York” speaks to the possibilities New York City offers for people who go there to achieve their dreams. For a group of NHI students this approaching summer, inspiration from the international city will be part […]

NHI opens nominations for 2025 Person of the Year and its other annual awards

As it did last year, the National Hispanic Institute is requesting nominations for a series of awards to be presented at the end of the year.  NHI will bestow a Person of the Year award as it has every year since 2017, unveiled on NHIMagazine.com five minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve. NHI is […]

San Antonio Spurs honor Ernesto Nieto and NHI for Hispanic Heritage celebration

The San Antonio Spurs have celebrated Ernesto Nieto twice in the span of six weeks. Though the Spurs did honor the National Hispanic Institute founder and president at an Oct. 10 event during Hispanic Heritage Month proper, they extended the honors during a halftime ceremony of the Nov. 16 game against the Sacramento Kings. Two […]