The NACCS Tejas Foco is a regional conference that attends to community and academic interests around issues that affect Chicanx in the state of Texas. It is an interdisciplinary conference that brings together community leaders, K12 teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, and college faculty and staff. The participants who attend the NACCS Tejas Foco not only reflect the racial/ethnic diversity of Texas, but they also represent multiple rural and urban points from across the state. While a majority of conference participants are Latina/o students and faculty from Texas public schools and universities, the conference typically attracts about 10 to 15 percent of its participants from outside the state, mainly from the Midwest and East Coast regions. The NACCS Tejas Foco provides college and K-12 administrators, faculty, and students to connect with outstanding faculty and community leaders from across the state.

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NACCS was formed as a national organization in 1972 during the height of the Chicana/o movement. For almost 40 years, students, faculty, staff, and community members have attended NACCS conferences to present their scholarly papers, network with colleagues, and build connections with community leaders. From its inception, NACCS was envisioned as an organization committed to working for social justice in Mexican American and Latina/o communities. The space that the NACCS Tejas Foco creates every year works to challenge structures of inequality while promoting cultural empowerment and academic scholarship. The NACCS Tejas Foco offers an opportunity to engage scholars, teachers, and students from across the state in order to generate new knowledge and build bridges of collaboration with community leaders and activists.