NHI partners with St. Mary’s to bring Texas LDZ to San Antonio

The National Hispanic Institute is proud to announce it is partnering with St. Mary’s University on its longest-running leadership program for top-performing Latino high school students. The Texas Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session (better known to alumni and supporters as the Texas LDZ) will be hosted at St. Mary’s from July 15-22, 2018 for […]

Texas LDZ brings more than 200 to Austin for remarkable week

More than 200 students — most of them from Texas — converged on Austin for the 2017 edition of the Texas LDZ (Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session) last week. Four students garnered enough support for their bills to see them passed. Kenia Escobar (Saint Joseph Academy, Brownsville, Texas) wrote a resolution to create learning […]

Mexican student envisions “green school” at 2017 California LDZ

At the 2017 California LDZ — becoming an annual gathering for American and Mexican students at the University of San Diego — only one piece of legislation found its way to passage this year. But in a development perhaps fitting for 2017, that bill had the entire world and its changing climate in mind. Annel Borque […]