ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — Over the summer, the latest group of high school PRHYLI students returned to their districts from trips to Washington, D.C., and Mount Vernon, getting a firsthand look at the functions of democracy. But for these Hispanic students, many of whom...

PR/HYLI is featured in CNY Latino, the premier Hispanic Newspaper in Central New York. This year marked the 34th anniversary of the Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (PR/HYLI) – a state-funded program named after Assemblyman Del Toro,...

Amidst a growing call for diverse representation in politics, Hispanic and Latin youth from across New York gathered in Albany to hone their leadership skills and engage in the art of democracy. Just two years ago, Wilman Horta, a high school junior, wouldn’t have imagined himself in the role of governor in a mock state Assembly…

PRHYLI was recently highlighted in a News Article by CBS6. See the short excerpt below: Albany — On Sunday at the Capitol, instead of the Assembly Chamber filled with lawmakers, instead it was filled with more than 200 students from across the State. The annual Puerto...

The cohort of the PR/HYL program at Port Richmond High School pose with their school principal Andrew Greenfield, Ana Sanabria, foreign language teacher and program coordinator; Abelardo Aleman, the Outreach and Diversity Committee Chair of the Democratic Committee of Richmond County, and the school’s counselor.

2023 Educational Trip to Washington DC: The Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute Outstanding Student Delegates were invited to attend a three-day educational trip to Washington D.C. Students had the opportunity to meet with elected...

PR/HYLI Student Giovanni Santana (Monroe Delegation) receives Full Ride Merit-Based Scholarship to the University of Virginia!

The Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican / Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute was recently recognized as a Program to Watch by Excelencia in Education, an organization that helps to accelerate Latino success in higher education by promoting student achievement.

During the annual Examples of Excelencia review and selection process, Excelencia identifies innovative and/or up-and-coming programs that are making a positive impact on the success of their Latino students as Programs to Watch. Excelencia hopes that by bringing attention to these programs, we can encourage institutions, practitioners, funders, policy makers, and other stakeholders to keep an eye out as these programs continue to improve Latino student success.

You will probably recall that in July 2009, noted Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested at his own home after a neighbor called the police to report a suspected break-in. Gates is black; the arresting officer, white.

The incident drew national attention and President Obama responded at the time by saying, “I don’t know . . . what role race played in that. But . . . what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately.”