When the
idea of an ‘’intellectual’’ passes through my mind I don’t think of somebody
that just has an outstanding mind or a brilliant form of intelligence. I think
of an ‘’intellectual’’ as a person who actually uses his mind to create things
which can help in the creation of the world as a better place.
Based on
this concept, the most important intellectual alive today is Ernesto Nieto, the
National Hispanic Institute founder and president. Why? Because he has been a leader for the Latino
youth, creating a second generation of leaders, teaching them the steps that we
need to know in order to fully discover who we are, and how we can change the
place where we live.
Ernesto has taught us how to create new beliefs and concepts of who we are, and how to change those main-stream beliefs about who everybody is and what everybody is capable of doing or reaching. He has taught us that with faith, imagination and strong will, we can make a difference in our communities, or even the whole world. I can integrate the ideas of studying international business and political science with my goals to change my Latino community, and use my identity and my education to make transformations in my country’s political system.
According
to his book ‘’The Third Reality Reveled’’, there are more than 85,000 students
worldwide. That number is not the whole world, but is better than no one, and that
little number of people may change their respective communities and become
leaders in some way. For that reason and
more I think this man is a small grain of sand in this big ocean world.
