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Ernesto Nieto: Reflections on Turning 80 (and NHI)

Posted: October 6, 2020 at 7:52 am   /   Ernesto Nieto

On the occasion of Ernesto Nieto’s 80th birthday today, we asked him a few questions to document the day. Here are some excerpts from the conversation.  You’ve now spent more than half of a long life now leading NHI; what has surprised you most about the journey?  How happy it’s made me, how purposeful I […]

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NHI now recruiting ninth graders for GDx and NHI Student Club

Posted: September 30, 2020 at 5:36 pm   /   Digital Leadership Experiences, GDx

As is customary for the National Hispanic Institute at the start of each school year, the organization is reaching out to ninth and tenth graders who are great candidates for its initial summer leadership program. But in 2020, it’s different in a few key ways. For starters, this fall’s recruiting is for the GDx program, […]

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LDZ: A Legacy of Preparing Students for Success

Posted: September 25, 2020 at 1:21 pm   /   Ernesto Nieto, LDZ, NHI Programs

The National Hispanic Institute is in the midst of preparing an online version of its Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session for 2021, to be offered along with classic in-person versions of the program. As NHI embarks on this exciting new phase of creating digital programming for students, it’s gotten us to reflect on how […]

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