‘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 […]