The Arizona Diamondbacks and their Hispanic Council presented Raúl E. Aguirre, media personality and president and CEO of REA Media Group, with the Pete García Los D-backs Hispanic Leadership 2025 Award, in recognition of his lifetime of leadership, service, and community advocacy.

Aguirre received the award and threw out the ceremonial first pitch during Hispanic Heritage Weekend, presented by Estrella Jalisco, on Sunday, August 24.

With more than five decades as a pioneer in Latino representation, Aguirre has been a pivotal voice in media and public life. In the 1970s, he launched the first bilingual radio station in Arizona, interviewing historical figures such as César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Edward James Olmos, making him, in the words of the D-backs, “a beacon of hope and dialo

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