Gloriann Sacha Antonetty Lebrón has made history by launching Puerto Rico’s first magazine for Black women on the island. 38-year old Lebrón was fascinated by the beauty and fashion magazines sold in the mercados (markets) of her childhood home in Carolina, Puerto Rico. According to Oprah Magazine , the brown-skinned beauty pursued her dreams in the fashion industry by going to modeling school. Lebrón was one of the few Black faces in the school. Even at such a young age, Lebrón didn’t see representations of Black women in her favorite Spanish-language magazines like Cosmopolitan and Revista Tú. Although she enjoyed reading these publications, Lebrón yearned to see women who embodied the attributes of the matriarchs in her own family. Related Story: Spike Lee’s Homenaje to Black Puerto Rico on Netflix’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ is Everything You’ll Ever Need “I never had the opportunity here in Puerto Rico to see Black people, and Black women in particular, in magazines,” Lebrón said. “None of them represented the beauty of my family, my friends, my community or myself.” Lebrón’s father played was the first person to expose her to magazines that featured Black American women. Her infatuation with magazines like Essence […]

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