-Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Fort Dodge Senior High Spanish students Carter Hansen, Juan Mejia, Elijah Yates and Jaren Christy fill up on Cuban sandwiches at ICCC’s Afro-Latino Festival on Thursday morning.

-Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Buena Vista University senior Matthew Marroquin recites beat poetry on growing up Latino in America during ICCC’s Afro-Latino Festival on Thursday.

-Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Alfonso Jalvan, an Iowa Central sophomore from Fort Dodge, plays guitar during the Afro-Latino Festival at Iowa Central on Thursday morning.

-Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Members of the Nuestra Danza Sin Fronteras Mexican dance troupe, of Des Moines, perform at the second annual Iowa Central Community College Afro-Latino Festival at the Career Education Building on Thursday morning.