Colorado LDZ brings nearly 200 students to Colorado State as part of 35-year tradition
In 1989, the National Hispanic Institute and Colorado State University began a partnership that’s evolved over 35 years into presenting one of NHI’s anchor legislative programs for high school students. The 2024 edition of the Colorado Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislation Session drew nearly 200 top-performing high school students to Colorado State University for […]
2024 New Mexico LDZ helps prepare young leaders to become ‘the future of New Mexico’
The latest edition of the Dionisio ‘Dennis’ Chavez New Mexico Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session brought more than 130 top New Mexico high school students to the University of New Mexico for the state’s version of the National Hispanic Institute’s flagship program. The program is now in its third year of serving students […]
NHI’s Historic Texas LDZ Returns Home
Written by: Isabella Sada Nieto I January 26, 2024 “Concordia University gave us our first break as an institution of higher learning when they hosted the first Texas LDZ in 1983. We hope to make this relationship as meaningful as it was back then. We’re excited to bring this program back to our founding city […]
