6 Afro-Latinas Who Are Changing the World!

When it comes to being valued, appreciated, or even recognized as part of the 50 million Hispanics in the country, Afro-Latinas have come a long way and still have a ways to go. Whether they are activists who work to spread awareness, business professionals blazing a trail in their field or celebs who make a difference just by being on the A-list, in honor of Black History Month we're taking a look at a few Afro-Latinas who are at the forefront of the fight.

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Ilia Calderon

Latinos are incredibly diverse, but you would never know that by looking at Univision or Telemundo, which are dominated by lighter-skinned gente. An exception is the gifted interviewer and news anchor Calderon, the Colombian anchor of Noticiero Univision: Edicion Nocturna.