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NHI founder and president Ernesto Nieto with St. Mary's University Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Dr. Rosalind Alderman and Director of Marianist Urban Students Program Bro. Richard Thompson.

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

Posted: December 14, 2017 at 6:23 pm   /   LDZ, NHI Programs

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 […]

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Periko y Jessi, the DishLATINO team, and NHI's Zachary Gonzalez at Fox 7's studios

Periko & Jessi Leon declare Celebración full of “incredible energy”

Posted: December 12, 2017 at 2:26 pm   /   Celebración, NHI Programs, NHI Sponsors

One of the highlights of this year’s Celebración event was the appearance by Periko & Jessi Leon, the Latin Grammy-nominated musicians who performed at the Homecoming barbecue at National Hispanic Institute headquarters, met with students during the program, and infused excitement and music into a weekend already bristling with energy and ideation. “It was great […]

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Celebración finalists “moving NHI forward 10 years” with video presentations

Posted: November 30, 2017 at 3:54 pm   /   Celebración, NHI Programs

NHI founder and president Ernesto Nieto had high praise for this year’s Celebración finalists — at the conclusion of this year’s first-of-its-kind competition at the San Marcos Conference Center in San Marcos, Texas, he said the competitors displayed vision and talent that is “moving NHI forward 10 years.” For the first time ever, this year’s Celebración […]

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