Heather Maravilla serves as the Regional 4 Coalition Coordinator for Indiana’s Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (ITVAP), a division of the Indiana Youth Services Association in Indianapolis. In this role, she oversees efforts in Marion, Hendricks, Hancock, Hamilton, Boone, Tipton, Howard, and Madison counties. ITVAP provides specialized human trafficking trainings for key stakeholders, including law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, hospital staff, DCS, social workers, educators, therapists, businesses, and community organizations.
A lived expert in domestic sex trafficking and domestic violence, Heather brings both personal insight and professional experience to her work. She previously served on anti-trafficking teams in Tallahassee, Florida, and has provided wraparound case management services to women in the sex industry in Indianapolis.
Beyond her advocacy, Heather is also an author, speaker, and spoken word artist who writes under the pen name Heather Heartflo. Her debut poetry collection, Love’s Redeemed Daughter: The Reflections of Nyla, has sold over 5,000 copies. Her second collection, The Sapphire & Scarlet Letters, continues the journey, offering an intimate glimpse into the thoughts and reflections of a woman who spent 12 years in “the life” before finding transformation and healing.
Heather also developed Words Have Wings, an eight-week creative writing curriculum that uses spoken word poetry as a tool to help survivors process trauma. Her work has reached audiences across Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, and California, and her books have been used as resources in healing and recovery spaces.
Over the past seven years, Heather has spoken at universities such as Butler, IUPUI, and Marian University, and was featured alongside Indianapolis Star journalist Tim Swarens in the 2018 investigative series In Our Backyard: An Exposé on Child Sex Trafficking. Most recently, she served as the keynote speaker at the 2025 Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council (IPAC) Office Administrators Conference in French Lick, Indiana.