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2025 Texas Great Debates Project Administrators 

About the 4-Day Texas Great Debate Volunteer Project Administrators

About the Texas 4 - Day Great Debates For over three decades, first-year NHI members have come to harness the power of their voices and engage with perspective-changing ideas. The Great Debate offers a rigorous learning experience for high-achieving, high-ability 9th-grade youth who aspire to community and civic leadership roles in the future. NHI's Great Debate is a communications and leadership development program for ambitious and courageous young people. If you are or know a young person committed to making meaningful change in the world, and are driven toward building up our community, NHI and the Great Debate experience is a must. The Texas 4-Day Great Debates serve as an opportunity for students from NHI's biggest regions to gather and prepare for the experience. While the programs are held in the summer, our four-day model engages students locally throughout the spring to train and develop their skills. These programs are the result of months of community-building, personal growth, and collective preparation. Students leave knowing they’ve contributed to something greater than themselves and taken the first step in a lifelong journey of leadership.

Our Volunteer Project Administrators serve to facilitate our local projects, train our volunteer staff, and serve as a liason between our local community and NHI Headquarters. All appointed Volunteer Project Administrators have an NHI Head Quarters officer who aids them throughout the training season.

NHI Austin Metro


Nicholas Tapia

Co-Project Administrator

Originally from Corpus Christi, Texas

Involved with NHI since 2018 

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Lazaro Garza

Co-Project Administrator

Originally from La Joya, Texas

Involved with NHI since 2017 

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Dori Sanchez

Project Administrator

Originally from Corpus Christi, TX

Involved with NHI as a parent since 2025



Reynold Gonzalez

Project Administrator

Originally from Chihuahua, Mexico

Involved with NHI as a parent since 2016

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NHI Guadalajara, México

NHI Houston Metro

Manuel Estevez

Project Administrator

Originally from Guadalajara, México

Involved with NHI as an educator since 2026



Sonia Lopez

Project Administrator

Originally from Houston, Texas

Involved with NHI since 2000.

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NHI North Texas (DFW Metro)



Briana Zavala

Project Administrator

Originally from Weslaco, Texas

Involved with NHI since 2013.

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Bella Rodriguez

Asst. Project Administrator

Originally from Dallas, Texas

Involved with NHI since 2019.

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NHI Monterrey, México

NHI Rio Grande Valley


Paul Morales

Project Administrator

Originally from Monterrey, Mexico

Involved with NHI since 2013.

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Laura Lopez

Project Administrator

Originally from Temple, Texas

Involved with NHI as a parent since 2021.

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NHI Saltillo, Méxcio

NHI San Antonio Metro

Pablo Lopez

Project Administrator

Originally from Saltillo, México

Involved with NHI as an educator since 2022



Julie Tomasino

Project Administrator

Originally from San Antonio, Texas

Involved with NHI since 2018. 

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NHI Tip of Texas


Jason Moody

Project Administrator

Originally from Brownsville, Texas

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National Hispanic Institute

P.O. Box 220
Maxwell, Texas 78656

+1 (512) 357-6137


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Hours of Operations:

M-F, 8:30am - 12:00pm; 1:30pm - 5:30pm CDT