Sands Cares and NHI team up to make first year of Las Vegas Program impactful for students
Summer may be coming to a close, but it will be a memorable one for the high school students who participated in the National Hispanic Institute’s (NHI) transformative summer programs, which aim to help high-potential youth develop skills in communication, community advocacy and policy-making, as well as prepare them for success in higher education. NHI […]
D.C. trip, engineered by NHI alumna, inspires 2022 American LDZ students
For the first time ever in 2022, the National Hispanic Institute convened the American LDZ (Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session) at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Over the course of eight days, about 160 students from 14 states, plus Panamá, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic came together to participate in the legislative session. Because […]
The 2022 JFL program: transformative experiences for its college participants
Transformative experiences at the National Hispanic Institute don’t stop after high school. In 2022, 11 college students participated in the John F. Lopez Summer Internship program, getting to help NHI produce its fullest slate of in-person programs in three years. 2022’s JFL experience meant travel in a way that it hadn’t since the emergence of […]
