Nominations Now Open for 2017 NHI Awards
The National Hispanic Institute has opened nominations for its 2017 awards. The winners will be honored at Celebración 2017, taking place this November 16-19 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton San Marcos Hotel Conference Center & Spa in San Marcos, Texas, just minutes from NHI headquarters. This year, NHI is considering Distinguished Alumni awards in […]
Risk, Difficulty, and Ganas: U.S. Presidential Scholar Gabby Escalante
Gabby Escalante had a good spring. The high school senior, attending St. Mary’s Hall in San Antonio, was accepted to Harvard University and was one of a select group of high school students honored as a U.S. Presidential Scholar. Gabby, however, hasn’t just been a distinguished high school student; she is an NHI alumna who […]
NHI student features George Rodriguez for Storytellers Without Borders
A National Hispanic Institute student has featured one of the organization’s most involved Dallas-area leaders, George Rodriguez, as part of the Storytellers Without Borders project. Damiana De La Paz, a 9th grader at Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Townview, wrote about Rodriguez, who is an alumni of the school and has since gone on to […]
