Aleida Castillo becomes 1st Afro-Latina Crowned Queen

A syndicated media personality, Aleida Castillo has marked her name in the history after becoming the first Afro-Latina to be crowned queen as well as Nana Afriyie I in the Oti Region of Ghana, West Africa. Aleida is also an International Affairs and Culture Consultant.

This significant moment has been announced during the Royal Women’s Conference while putting emphasis on the cultural diversity celebration in addition to the strengthening of international ties. This achievement of Aleida serves as a desired unity’s symbolic representation that has been there, in between Black women and African & Afro-Latinos unification all across the world.

With this new role, she as a queen evidently is a testament for her commitment towards building cross-cultural understanding and collaboration.

While expressing her gratitude and excitement, Aleida stated, “I am deeply honored and humbled to be crowned queen in the Oti Region of Ghana. This role signifies a powerful bridge between the African and Black Latino community around the world and our African roots. Anyone close to me knows how serious I am about my rice, my jollof, and how I believe we can connect around the world and find our way home through our rice, and now here I am being crowned queen in an area known for its traditional rice. Won’t HE do it!”