
2018 Texas LDZ successfully debuts in San Antonio thanks to St. Mary’s
It was a bold move for the National Hispanic Institute to take the 2018 Texas LDZ program — long associated with Austin — and move it to San Antonio. But the bold move led to a once-in-a-lifetime experience for close to 200 students, primarily from Texas, but also including students from Mexico and Puerto Rico, who […]

Northeast Great Debate brings multinational group to Villanova
The 2018 edition of the Northeast Great Debate — hosted by longtime National Hispanic Institute partner Villanova University — convened July 24-29, with an international group of students again coming to Philadelphia to experience their first NHI program. The top-placing students hailed from three of the participating nations — Panamá Mexico, and the United States […]

2018 Midwest Great Debate unifies students at Augustana
One of the most enduring of the NHI programs returned to one of its longest-serving host institutions earlier this month, with a contingent of 84 rising 10th graders from across the U.S. and Mexico converging on Augustana College for the 2018 Midwest Great Debate. Fatima Ortega-Barba, the Athenaeum winner from Warren Township High School in […]