With support from the California Arts Council, Hernandez Mariachi Heritage Society will sustain its expansion of mariachi music education during the instructional day at one school in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). This program has 100% matching support from the school site. Music education instruction is aligned with state requirements for performing arts instruction and Common Core Standards. MHS also provides instruction at 9 schools in Santa Ana Unified School District.
The core programs of the Mariachi Heritage Society are: 1) mariachi instruction in the schools and 2) production of the annual mariachi summer institute known as the Mariachi Nationals.