Francisca Nicolasa Gálvez Djouma (born 13 September 1966), better known as Francine Gálvez, is a Cameroonian-born Spanish television presenter. She was the first black woman to anchor a news programme in Europe.
Biography.
Gálvez was born on 13 September 1966 in Nkongsamba, Cameroon, and was raised since when she was two years old in Lopera (Jaén), Spain. She is polylingual.
She was educated at Isabel la Católica High School in Madrid, then studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid, graduating in 1989. She achieved a master's degree in Media Producing for Media and Entertainment at the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
In her early career, Gálvez was the only black Spanish woman who appeared on national television. From 1990, she anchored the weekend editions of , the flagship television newscast produced by (TVE), along with Ana Blanco, becoming the first black woman to anchor a news programme in Europe, as well as the first black presenter on a TVE programme.
In 1993, Gálvez hosted science and culture show on La 2, and also starred as a news reporter in the film "Supernova".
From 1997 to 2000, Gálvez was part of the team presenting on the weekly magazine show "Macumba TeVe" on Telemadrid. In 2000 she was promoted to become a main presenter alongside Emilio Pineda.
In 2002, she presented the Spanish version of the international television series "Temptation Island," on .
Between 2005 and 2011, Gálvez hosted the game show on TVE. From 2012 to 2013, she worked as a media journalist with AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMC SE).
She has discussed racism and social attitudes in Madrid for Spanish print publications including .