 In 2014, it was announced that Nikou was forming a partnership with businessman, Ricardo Salinas, to bring Esperanza Azteca Youth Orchestra to Los Angeles through a partnership with the city's mayor, Eric Garcetti.On October 7, 2014, an official ceremony was held to celebrate the inauguration of the first Esperanza Azteca America program at the Florence Nightingale Middle School in Los Angeles.In September 2016, Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo performed at a Los Angeles benefit for Esperanza Azteca.