FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Our buses will depart from the parking lot in front of Dillard's at Sunrise Mall at 11:45 PM on Wednesday, June 4, 2025.
Please see our bus itinerary below. Note that all times — excluding our initial departure — are approximations and are subject to change.
Yes. Two parent chaperones will be joining us on our trip: Ms. Laura Ibarra and Ms. Gaby Martinez. In addition, Tino Villarreal will be present at the program as the Educational Director, and our Project Administrator Jorge Lee and Assistant Project Administrator Sofi Homes will be traveling with the team.
All members of our region — students and staff alike — will be staying at the dorms at Austin College. All female students will be assigned a female roommate from our region, all male students will be assigned a male roommate from our region.
Students will almost always be assigned a roommate who is from the same category. If a student is in a partner category (i.e. Mock Trial or Cross Examination), and their partner is of their same gender, their partner will be their roommate.
Absent unique circumstances, participants do not have a say over who their roommate is.
At minimum, parents should provide their child/children with $20 in cash for the key deposit and enough money for them to purchase breakfast on the trip to Sherman and lunch on the way back.
Additional (and optional) items that students may choose to purchase include: snacks at our stop at Buc-ee's on the way to Sherman, snacks from the mini-mart at the university, food delivery while at the university, and NHI merch that will be sold at the program.
Our buses will return to Brownsville late in the evening of June 8, possible even into the very early hours of June 9. We will be in communication with parents and provide a more exact ETA that day.
Please see our bus itinerary below. Note that all times — excluding our initial departure — are approximations and are subject to change.
NHI's Briefing Book for the program (attached below) contains additional information. If you have a concern that remains unaddressed or a question that remains unanswered, please contact our Project Administrator Jorge Lee (jorgelee@nhimail.com) or our Assistant Project Administrator Sofi Homes (sofihomes@gmail.com).