Mission and Values
Our mission is to recognize and achieve excellence amongst Latinos and those who wish to explore Latinx cultures and identities through scholarship, to promote leadership in students and help render service through a unified effort. Our values contribute towards members' leadership growth, scholarship and service opportunities to promote excellence among its members; to center efforts that explores and celebrates the presence of Latino identities and cultures on campus; and to strengthen students' understanding of Latino heritage and culture. History
Emily Prieto, Ph.D., founder, had a vision to create a honor society at NIU in which Latino students would be able to identify their potential and collaboratively advance together. On August 25, 2011, in honor of her great mentor, Prieto decided to name this new honor society the Adela de la Torre Honor Society (ATHS) so that the legacy of success through education can be envisioned and embodied by all future members. In 2017, the name was changed to Adela de la Torre Latino Honor Society (ATLHS).
