LEADING Hispanics

LEADING Hispanics
to Federal Agency Employment

Who We Are

LEADING Hispanics is a collaborative educational program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop and sustain the next generation of the Hispanic FANH workforce.

What will our program do?

The overarching goal of LEADING Hispanics is to develop and sustain the next generation of the Hispanic food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences (FANH) workforce and build awareness of the processes and pathways leading to training opportunities and employment in the federal sector.

How will we achieve this?

By increasing scientific, technical and soft skills through experiential learning and research
By creating a pipeline for Hispanic students from high school to undergraduate degree to graduate degrees to employment in USDA
By establishing and foster peer-peer, teacher-student, faculty-student, and federal employee-student mentoring relationships to enhance Hispanic students’ awareness, understanding, and preparation for internship and career opportunities at USDA agencies.
By developing partnerships between FANH programs at our four Hispanic Serving Institutions [Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (UPRM), New Mexico State University (NMSU), and Texas State University (TXST)], local high schools and USDA agencies to promote FANH degree and career pursuit to Hispanic high school students and teachers and Hispanic college students
By making this educational model available to other higher education institutions to adopt or adapt

Institutions

The following four institutions works collaboratively to achieve our five goals. The institutions are:

Texas State University

Merritt L Drewery
m_d553@txstate.edu

Need help or information?

Contact LEADING Hispanics project directors.
Email us at leadinghispanics@tamuk.edu

LEADING Hispanics