Introduction The Dominican Republic is truly a place that prides itself in its racial diversity, which seems to be a part of the island’s DNA. Although the Republic has been largely under the influence of the traditional Hispanidad narrative until the 1960s, the African component of the Dominican racial identity is now being openly celebrated (Ricourt, 2016). Since the second half of the 20th century, there has been a rise in “an agenda of recovering (…) the African component of Dominican national culture” (Ricourt, 2016, p. 143). Afro-Latinos is a term to refer to individuals of African descent who come from Spanish-speaking regions of Latin America. Nowadays, the group is considered one of the most marginalized both in the United States and in Latin America. Although they constitute a substantial share of the population of most Latin American nations, Afro-Latinos continue to face discrimination. Estimates show that the Dominican Republic is home to one of the largest groups of Latinos of African ancestry (Lopez & Gonzalez-Barrera, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to present two Afro-Latinos from the Dominican Republic who have managed to succeed and become world-renown celebrities. Elizabeth Acevedo Both of the personalities in this essay are authors, with the first one being Elizabeth Acevedo. She is not only a novelist but a poet as well. Acevedo is the author of such works as Clap when you land (2020), With the fire on high (2019), The poet X (2018), and a collection of poems Beastgirl & other origin myths (2016) (Backlund, n.d.). The last book is Acevedo’s debut piece, which centers on the experiences of a first-generation immigrant girl in America and has various folkloric elements. Acevedo is the New York Times -bestselling author due to the success of The poet X (2018), which is also the winner of “the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature in 2018, the Boston Globe Horn Book Award, the Walter Dean Myers Award,” and many others (Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin, 2019, para. 3). Elizabeth Acevedo is one of the most prominent young adult authors in the world, while also proving herself in her Afro-Latino heritage. Acevedo was born in New York City as the only daughter of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. In middle school, she shared a passion for rapping but quickly realized that her true love was poetry (HITN Learning, n.d.). Thus, by age 14, Acevedo was participating in slam poetry readings and open mic events around the city. As a member of her high school’s poetry club, Elizabeth started to discover that she gravitated toward the themes of culture and gender in her work. At George Washington University, Acevedo earned a BA degree and majored in Performing Arts. After completing the degree, the author “joined Teach for America and taught eighth grade in Prince George’s County, Maryland” (Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin, 2019, para. 2). Although the student body of her school was comprised primarily of children of color, she was the first Latina teacher of a core subject. It is important to acknowledge that Acevedo’s work is heavily influenced by her Dominican heritage. She often uses literature as an outlet for her frustration regarding the i