
NHI announces partnership with St. Mary’s College for new LDZ program
The National Hispanic Institute — celebrating 40 years of developing high-performing Latino high school students into leaders through an innovative, immersive learning experience — will partner with St. Mary’s College of Maryland to open a new location for its flagship legislative session program in 2020. The inaugural East Coast Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session […]

LDZ Las Americas celebrates 10 years in Panama
The 65 students who converged on Ciudad del Saber in Panamá last month—hailing from the host nation as well as Mexico and the United States, were part of an ongoing NHI tradition. The LDZ Las Americas program, though it started in Mexico, just passed a significant milestone in the Central American nation that’s become its […]

Texas LDZ provides leadership lessons, impresses its St. Mary’s hosts
Victoria Holmes, a University of San Diego student at the National Hispanic Institute’s 2019 Texas LDZ program, filed this report following her eight days with the Texas LDZ students at St. Mary’s University. The 2019 Texas LDZ closed out another successful program at St. Mary’s University on Sunday, with Governor Victor Meza, from Coronado High […]