NHI renews its connection with Concordia University at trinational Texas LDZ program
More than 200 students, hailing from across the United States as well as Mexico and Panama, came to Austin, Texas, to attend a very special edition of the Texas Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session from July 21-28. The flagship program of the National Hispanic Institute followed the blueprint that the original Texas LDZ did […]
American LDZ brings international cohort to St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Nearly 140 delegates converged on St. Mary’s College of Maryland for the 2024 edition of the American Lorenzo de Zavala (LDZ) Youth Legislative Session from July 7 to 14. The program, part of the National Hispanic Institute’s three-year leadership series for high-performing high school students, derives from the initial Texas LDZ program, started in 1983, […]
Concordia and NHI: A partnership that goes back more than 40 years
Even without the Texas LDZ, Concordia University Texas played a pivotal role in the early history of the National Hispanic Institute. In 1982, the three-year-old nonprofit organization, under Ernesto Nieto and Gloria de Leon’s leadership, was offered the opportunity to rent space on its Central Austin campus just north of the University of Texas, just […]
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