After approximately 32 years of employment with US Steel, she retired in 1984. In the spring of 1996, she was honored by the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), Northwest Indiana Chapter as the first known Hispanic nurse of Northwest Indiana. She formally received this recognition on April 13, 1996, at Teibel’s restaurant near her home in St. John. The guests of the luncheon included a folk singer from the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago who related in song the history of Mexican immigration to Northwest Indiana and weaved Connie’s story into his song. In 2000, Connie was recognized again by the Northwest Indiana Hispanic Nurses’ chapter for her contributions to nursing and developed a scholarship in her honor.
Connie receiving a Certificate of Recognition on October 21, 2000, CRA 453
Consuelo's original stethoscope, CRA 453
Connie wearing a nursing cape and hat at a nurses' reunion held at Teibel's restaurant, Schererville, IN, 1993, CRA 453
