NHI honors 2025 High School Student of the Year, College Students of the Year, and Citation of Merit winner
Drawing upon a tradition that harkens back to the National Hispanic Institute’s annual awards accompanying the annual Celebración event, we’re pleased to announce the latest round of honorees for 2025. Though the award winners have made consistent contributions to NHI over the years, they distinguished themselves in 2025 as especially valuable in advancing NHI’s mission, […]
‘Originators from the very start’: Mary Helen and Dr. Hector Gonzalez, 2025 NHI Persons of the Year
Thirty years ago, a young man from San Antonio, Texas, learned of a National Hispanic Institute summer leadership program, and signed up for it. But as his mother recalls, the night before the program was to start, he expressed he didn’t want to go after all. “We told him, ‘Well, I’m sorry, but like any […]
‘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 […]
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