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 […]

NHI’s 2023 Colorado LDZ participants Collaborate to Create and Propose Future Narratives for Our Community

Colorado LDZ brings next level of interaction and growth for students from three nations July 26th, 2023 | Article by Jareth Quintero-Opatowski The unique experience of the Colorado LDZ continues to impact young leaders, with this year’s LDZ hosting 180 participants on the beautiful campus, and a long term partnership of over 30 years, Colorado […]

NHI Hosts Las Vegas Induction Ceremony 2023

Article written by Bianca Rawlings. This past weekend marked the start of an exciting journey for 32 young people who attended NHI’s Las Vegas 2023 Induction Ceremony. These high achieving students have already accomplished so much in their academic careers, their induction into NHI is well-earned and is merely the first step in their leadership […]

Presenting NHI’s Person of the Year: Anita Fernández

By Isabella Sada-Nieto, December 31st, 2023 “NHI’s success has largely been the result of strong-minded women in the organization, and Anita Fernández is the highest example of that spirit.”Ernesto Nieto, Founder The National Hispanic Institute is closing out a transformational 2023 by naming Anita Fernández the NHI Person of the Year.  NHI annually bestows this […]

Striking Success: NHI Trustee Adriel Lares Kicks Off New Role as CFO of Chelsea Football Club

by Isabella Sada Nieto I December 1st, 2023  Adriel has a particular ability to pick out the good in the hearts of others  He values his relations and enjoys making ideas work….e [Ernesto Nieto, NHI Founder] Adriel Lares embarked on his journey with the National Hispanic Institute (NHI) as a sixteen year old. As a […]

NHI’s 2023 Colorado LDZ participants Collaborate to Create and Propose Future Narratives for Our Community

Colorado LDZ brings next level of interaction and growth for students from three nations July 26th, 2023 | Article by Jareth Quintero-Opatowski The unique experience of the Colorado LDZ continues to impact young leaders, with this year’s LDZ hosting 180 participants on the beautiful campus, and a long term partnership of over 30 years, Colorado […]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Transforming the DNA of Congressional Battles

For the upcoming issue of the annual print edition of NHI Magazine, we interviewed New York City native, Congressional candidate, 2017 NHI Person of the Year, and 2018 Northeast CWS co-Education Director Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. An excerpted version of this interview will appear in the magazine, but we thought this valuable enough to share the entire […]

Humberto Saenz named NHI Person of the Year

From the very beginnings of NHI, Humberto Saenz was there, and he’s been helping to shape NHI history since his first involvement with NHI 32 years ago. Now, he’s making history by become NHI’s first ever Person of the Year. The NHI Person of the Year is a new designation honoring a person in the […]

Kerr Foundation awards NHI $65k in support of Lake County students

The Roy G. Kerr Foundation, continuing its history of generous grants to the National Hispanic Institute, has awarded the organization $65,000 in support of Lake County students who will participate in NHI’s 2017 summer programs. The foundation was launched in 1994 with the purpose of supporting the Latino community in Lake County over a 25-year […]