Kerr Foundation and National Hispanic Institute: Commemorating 10 years together
In 1994, the Roy G. Kerr Foundation officially launched with a very specific mission: To provide funding and support to the Latino community in Lake County over a 25-year period. A decade later, the Kerr Foundation made contact with the National Hispanic Institute, a Texas-based organization that has provided leadership education for top-performing Latino high […]
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 […]
NHI announces hosts for six 2015 LDZ programs
This year, the National Hispanic Institute will be hosting six different editions of its Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session — its life-changing leadership program that allows students to explore public policy and the workings of government through a dynamic and fully-immersive eight-day program. Students form their own political parties, run for offices to make […]
