2025 Colorado LDZ continues long partnership between Colorado State University and NHI

For 35 years now, NHI’s Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Program has had a home in the Rocky Mountains thanks to Colorado State University. That incredible partnership continued June 21 through 28, as nearly 200 students from the United States and Mexico converged on Fort Collins for NHI’s immersive eight-day leadership program focused on […]

New Mexico LDZ enters new era by honoring Dennis Chavez, groundbreaking Latino senator

For Gloria de Leon, NHI’s Senior Executive Vice President and the architect of the youth legislative session program known as the LDZ, the rebirth of the program in New Mexico has been important to NHI’s work in leadership education. This year, it’s taken a greater step toward its own identity, with the 2025 edition at […]

Students learn community equity building principles at 2025 Texas Star Great Debate

The concept of community equity building is central to what NHI does, and a group of NHI students took their first steps toward understanding it, by participating in the 2025 Texas Star Great Debate at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. Nearly 80 students came to the program to develop their public […]

Tell the world where you’re going: Decision Day approaches on Monday, May 5

The relatively small sampling of students who initially responded to the latest Decision Day call to action makes one thing clear: NHI students have prepared well for their higher education journeys, and have a number of incredible destinations in their futures. As you might expect given NHI’s large Texas contingent, there’s already a Longhorn, an […]

NHI accepting nominations for Person of the Year and other year-end awards

The National Hispanic Institute is requesting nominations for a series of awards to be presented at the end of the year. As it has done since 2017, NHI will bestow a Person of the Year award, unveiled on NHIMagazine.com five minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve. NHI is also reviving a series of awards […]

NHI and Regis University to partner on 2025 Rocky Mountain CWS program

The National Hispanic Institute (NHI) — celebrating 45 years of developing high-performing Latino high school students into leaders through immersive learning experiences on college campuses — will partner with Regis University to host its capstone leadership education program from June 29-July 3, 2025.  The Rocky Mountain Collegiate World Series (CWS) is one of two CWS […]