Our Team

Gloria de Leon

Co-Founder & Executive Vice President

• Native of McAllen, Texas

• Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, Texas Wesleyan University

• Doctor of Humane Letter, honoris causa, Austin College

• BA, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (formerly University of Texas Pan American)

• Distinguished Alumna, University of Texas-Pan American

• Recognized by the National Association for College Admissions Counseling

• Woman of Distinction, Girl Scouts of Texas

• Community Advisor, Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc., University of Texas at Austin Chapter

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K. Nicole Nieto

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

• Native of Austin, Texas
• MBA, University of Texas at Austin
• MBA, El Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

• BA, Latin American Studies, Vassar College

• NHI Alumna (LDZ '86)

OUTREACH MARKETS
Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Panama

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Julio Irving Cotto

Senior Vice President

• Native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• MLA, Humanities, St. Edward’s University
• BA, Latin American Studies and Philosophy, Boston University
• NHI Alumnus (LDZ '97, CLN'00, '01, JFL '99, '00, '01)

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Texas - Corpus Christi, El Paso, Houston, Laredo, Rio Grande Valley, Tip of Texas (Cameron County), South Texas, West Texas
East Coast (US) - New York,  New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, New England, Florida
Puerto Rico 

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Chris Nieto

Senior Vice President

• Native of Austin, Texas

• BA, Southwestern University

• NHI Alumnus (LDZ '90, CWS '91, CLN '94 & '96, JFL Intern '96)

OUTREACH MARKETS
Texas  - Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio
California, Colorado, Southwest, West Coast (US), Southeast

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
Collegiate World Series, Collegiate Services, HS Senior Services

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