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Former NHI Persons of the year Carlos Paz and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with Ernesto Nieto

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

Posted: December 10, 2025 at 11:40 am   /   NHI Award Winners, NHI News, Volunteers

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 […]

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roy and chris nieto receiving an award from the san antonio spurs for nhi and ernesto nieto

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

Posted: November 21, 2025 at 1:19 pm   /   Ernesto Nieto, NHI News

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 […]

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nicole nieto getting award from san antonio spurs

Ernesto Nieto honored by San Antonio Spurs on Nov. 16, at Hispanic Heritage Month Leaders & Legacies award ceremony

Posted: November 13, 2025 at 2:26 pm   /   Ernesto Nieto, Fundraising, NHI News

NHI founder and president Ernesto Nieto, who recently received the honor of a Congressional Record proclamation to herald his 85th birthday, is receiving another honor this coming weekend from a beloved institution closer to home — the San Antonio Spurs.  The NBA franchise with fans throughout Central and South Texas is heralding Nieto and three […]

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