AAPI Heritage: Pakistan native advocates for Hoosier women [Video]

Inside Rima Shahid’s Indianapolis office, her personality and passions are hanging all over the walls.

In one frame, at the very top, is a quote from the Quran saying, “My success is in the hands of God.” Below is an illustration of historical women leaders saying “nevertheless, she persisted.” Lastly — and maybe Shahid’s favorite — is a magazine cover of Reggie Miller.

Shahid is proud of her Islamic faith and Pakistani heritage — something she learned from her parents.

“I am really blessed to have parents that taught us from a really early age to be politically and civically engaged,” said Shahid, the executive director of Women4Change Indiana.

Shahid’s parents emigrated from Pakistan. Her father came to Indiana in the 1970s, and her mother followed in the …