--- description: Alford is a Vice President of Digital Content and a Senior Correspondent for theGrio. She is also executive producer of the documentary Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico and author of the forthcoming memoir American Negra. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Natasha S. Alford ## Natasha S. Alford Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Alford is a Vice President of Digital Content and a Senior Correspondent for theGrio. She is also executive producer of the documentary_ Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico _and author of the forthcoming memoir_ American Negra. ## Natasha S. Alford Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Sep 15, 2022 ### [National Hispanic Heritage Month Needs Afro-Latino Heroes](https://time.com/6213368/afro-latino-history/) The intersection of Black and Hispanic history tends to occupy an uncomfortable middle ground [HISTORY](/section/history/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/natasha-s-alford/","name":"Natasha S. Alford"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/natasha-s-alford/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/natasha-s-alford/"},"name":"Natasha S. Alford","jobTitle":null,"description":"Alford is a Vice President of Digital Content and a Senior Correspondent for theGrio. She is also executive producer of the documentary Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico and author of the forthcoming memoir American Negra.","url":"https://time.com/author/natasha-s-alford/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```