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 […]

2017 LDZ Las Americas led by Panama and U.S. students

The 2017 edition of the LDZ Las Americas — which is again bringing NHI programming to Central America — is being led by two of the many Panama City students in attendance, along with one of two of the ultimate legacy students at this year’s event. Leaders at this year’s conference, at Ciudad del Saber […]