Walmart supports transformational NHI experience for 49 students in four states
Thanks to support from Walmart, 49 students in all (25 from Texas, four from Oklahoma, 19 from Illinois and one from Iowa) won scholarships to support their attendance at National Hispanic Institute’s leadership programs this past summer. The Walmart grant, totaling $27,500, supported two of NHI’s Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session programs and […]
State Farm Insurance continues 23-year history of supporting NHI
For 23 years, State Farm Insurance has supported the National Hispanic Institute and its leadership education initiatives for high school students. That long relationship continued this past summer with State Farm’s $20,000 grant to support NHI’s Great Debate and Collegiate World Series (CWS) programs. “NHI is providing educational and developmental programs with a focus on […]
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 […]