The Dukes Of Sussex Highlight The Account Of A Latina On Instagram

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Colombian-American journalist Michelle Figueroa, a CNN collaborator among other Latino media, was spending her Christmas vacation in Puerto Rico when she decided to turn off her phone and disconnect from the world to recharge the batteries. Turning it back on, a mountain of notifications overwhelmed him.

One of them said: "Congratulations, the prince followed you!" I did not understand anything, I thought: "But what prince?" While the journalist, a Boston resident, took a breather from the networks of her @goodnews_movement, it turned out that the Dukes of Sussex chose her instagram account to be the only one that they would follow on that social network at the beginning of the year.

This choice follows the tradition of Meghan and Harry of, once a month, change their list of follows to emphasize accounts that, in their opinion, are worth following. Michelle Figueroa was one of the lucky few who made it!

"Happy New Year!" I read the post of the dukes. “In 2020 we will continue the tradition of pointing out accounts that inspire and remind us of so many good things that happen in the world. However, now we will focus on choosing only one a month. In January, we want to show you @goodnews_movement This journalist covers and celebrates acts of kindness and good news around the world. We hope it brings you joy!”

We spoke exclusively with Michelle Figueroa and she told us about her successful platform: “I founded this account a little over a year ago and it aims to create a space dedicated to learning about all the good news that exists in the world and that does not always come out in a newscast or in the newspaper… The idea is to reach people wherever they are, since we spend on average looking at the screens of our cell phones more than four hours a day.”

"My @goodnews_movement platform also uses the power of social media as a vehicle to connect people in need with others who want to help them," says Michelle. Although the Dukes of Sussex highlighted her account on January 1, the journalist assures that already before her recognition, she had the support of such influential people as Luis Fonsi, William Levy, Daisy Fuentes, Jennifer Garner or Kristen Bell.