‘You have to believe that you can be a leader’: Sophia Lugo, NHI’s 2024 Person of the Year
Sophia Lugo has made a remarkable journey in her career so far, moving from Silva Magnet/Jefferson High School in El Paso to Harvard University for undergraduate studies on biology, the Schwarzman Scholars program at Tsinghua University for graduate studies in public policy, and Stanford University for her MBA, work with entities including the Boston Consulting […]
NHI and Regis University to partner on 2025 Rocky Mountain CWS program
The National Hispanic Institute (NHI) — celebrating 45 years of developing high-performing Latino high school students into leaders through immersive learning experiences on college campuses — will partner with Regis University to host its capstone leadership education program from June 29-July 3, 2025. The Rocky Mountain Collegiate World Series (CWS) is one of two CWS […]
Bezos Family Foundation Astonishes NHI with Gift
A surprise gift of $100,000 from the Bezos Family Foundation was picked up at NHI’s P.O. Box in the Maxwell post office as the sun set on 2023. “Some plans move slower than we’d like, but when we opened the envelope, we were blown away! A gift like this just replaced about a year of […]
