Walmart supports transformational NHI experience for 49 students in four states
Thanks to support from Walmart, 49 students in all (25 from Texas, four from Oklahoma, 19 from Illinois and one from Iowa) won scholarships to support their attendance at National Hispanic Institute’s leadership programs this past summer. The Walmart grant, totaling $27,500, supported two of NHI’s Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session programs and […]
NHI renews its connection with Concordia University at trinational Texas LDZ program
More than 200 students, hailing from across the United States as well as Mexico and Panama, came to Austin, Texas, to attend a very special edition of the Texas Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session from July 21-28. The flagship program of the National Hispanic Institute followed the blueprint that the original Texas LDZ did […]
Concordia and NHI: A partnership that goes back more than 40 years
Even without the Texas LDZ, Concordia University Texas played a pivotal role in the early history of the National Hispanic Institute. In 1982, the three-year-old nonprofit organization, under Ernesto Nieto and Gloria de Leon’s leadership, was offered the opportunity to rent space on its Central Austin campus just north of the University of Texas, just […]
