Ernesto Nieto: 2020 Dia de Los Muertos remembrances
To prepare for the 2020 edition of Dia de los Muertos, we spoke with National Hispanic Institute founder and president Ernesto Nieto about some people that the NHI familia have lost, including two in the past year. As Nieto shared in an interview on his 80th birthday just a few weeks ago, the current pandemic […]
Ernesto Nieto: Reflections on Turning 80 (and NHI)
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 […]
LDZ: A Legacy of Preparing Students for Success
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 […]
