Ernesto Nieto

Why you should contribute to “Change a Life”
Posted: January 21, 2016 at 8:17 am / Ernesto Nieto
This article is by Ernesto Nieto, Founder and President of NHI. It’s not that often that we actually get to witness the impact that a small contribution has on a young person. We might even ask, upon making a donation to an organization, “Will it really make a difference?” Our Change a Life Leadership Project […]

NHI’s historic roots as a community Social Entrepreneurship organization
I was present for opening day at DeZavala Park in 1951. I was ten years old at the time. Esther Nieto, my mother, had been appointed the first Latina to hold the position of park director with the Houston Parks and Recreation Department. She was placed in a community popularly known as Magnolia, near the […]