‘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 […]
NHI opens nominations for 2025 Person of the Year and its other annual awards
As it did last year, the National Hispanic Institute is requesting nominations for a series of awards to be presented at the end of the year. NHI will bestow a Person of the Year award as it has every year since 2017, unveiled on NHIMagazine.com five minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve. NHI is […]
‘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 […]
