Hispanic Portfolio Overview
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) strives to advance diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEIA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and ensure that the civil rights of all our employees are protected. The Hispanic Employment Portfolio is directed at ensuring that this community remains a successful part of a broader DEIA strategy for NIH. This portfolio is federally mandated, having its authority grounded in Presidential Executive Orders.
Hispanic and Latino employees are an integral part of building a diverse and high-performing community. We are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central and South American, and an array of other persons of Spanish culture and origin, regardless of race. The Hispanic Employment Portfolio creates strategies to ensure an inclusive environment in which our ideas are valued and that we experience equal opportunities in recruitment, hiring, training, and advancement in federal employment. EDI works in partnership with the Office of Human Resources, the Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, and NIH leadership to support the Hispanic Employment Portfolio. Together, we develop collaborations to advance the representation of our Hispanic employees in all occupations of the NIH workforce and support this community in achieving their fullest potential.
At NIH we understand that our responsibility to diverse groups extends well beyond federal mandates. We define diversity broadly to include all elements of our human identities and to encompass every aspect of difference. Within EDI, we are interested in leveraging the ideas of each NIH employee to fuel innovation and drive health discovery. The Hispanic community is a critical piece of our overall diversity strategy.
