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 […]
National Hispanic Institute founder addresses Sands team members as part of Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
By Kirsten Clausen Ernesto Nieto established the National Hispanic Institute in 1979 with an ambitious goal: To steer the Civil Rights Movement in a new direction. In 1981, he was joined by his wife Gloria de Leon who helped co-found the organization’s youth development initiatives. “We knew that the Hispanic community has so much to […]
