
NHI’s Julio Cotto honored by former high school as a notable alumnus
NHIers know how transformational the high school experience can be in their lives — particularly when they become NHI members and take lessons from their first NHI experiences back to their high schools. For Julio Cotto, 1997 was that pivotal year — when NHI, approaching its 20th anniversary, did outreach to a previously-untapped Pennsylvania, and a […]

Dallas filmmaker Merced Elizondo named 2021 NHI Person of the Year
In a year where a lot of people needed respite from what the world was dishing out — when even a movie theater didn’t provide the same kind of retreat it did before the COVID-19 pandemic began — an NHI alumnus brought a film into the world that told a beautiful story and showed his potential […]

NHI alum announces $10,000 in LDZ scholarships via U.S. Forest Service
Oscar Lai’s journey to become part of the U.S. Forest Service Office of International Programs including a pathway familiar for his colleagues — college and the Peace Corps. Lai’s journey, however, had an additional, crucial component he feels has been integral to his success: The National Hispanic Institute. And now, thanks to $10,000 in scholarship […]