Mayor's Latino Advisory Council presents 2025 Latino Heritage Awards at Indiana Statehouse

The Mayor's Latino Advisory Council presented the 2025 Mayor's Latino Heritage Awards to four honorees at a ceremony held at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. State Representative Victoria Garcia Wilburn and a representative from U.S. Rep. André Carson's office attended; a mayoral letter from Mayor Joe Hogsett was read aloud to the audience.

The awards recognized individuals for sustained contributions in education, community leadership, immigrant services and cultural preservation. The council said the event celebrated leadership that strengthens Indianapolis’s Latino and immigrant communities and the city at large.

State Representative Victoria Garcia Wilburn, who helped arrange the event at the Statehouse, told the audience, "This house belongs to all of you," and said she was glad to host the ceremony. Garcia Wilburn, who represents parts of Fishers, Carmel and the northernmost portion of Indianapolis, said she is available to help constituents "make those connections and provide resources" through her roles as a state representative and as an associate professor at Indiana University.

Kathy Touche Downey, representing the office of U.S. Rep. André Carson,…