Monique Y. Wells
Photograph by Entrée to Black Paris

Monique Y. Wells
Dr. Monique Y. Wells is a native of Houston, Texas and a 32-year resident of Paris.  She and her husband, Tom Reeves, founded their travel business—which was originally called Discover Paris!—in 1999.  In 2018, they narrowed their focus and rebranded as Entrée to Black Paris (ETBP) tours because of the consistently increasing demand for tours and activities that feature the history, culture, and contemporary life of African Americans and the larger African diaspora in Paris.

Writer of the multi-award-winning Entrée to Black Paris blog, Dr. Wells created fourteen of ETBP’s 15 walking tours.  She was named an Outstanding Woman in Travel Research by Women in Travel and Tourism International in 2017 and 2020.  She is the U.S. Delegate for the Académie de l’Art Culinaire du Monde Créole (Academy of Culinary Art for the Creole World).  And she is the creator of Paris - An Afro-centric Perspective, the only continuing education course for travel professionals that features African diaspora Paris.

Françoise Treuttel-Garcias
Photograph by Entrée to Black Paris

Françoise Treuttel-Garcias
Françoise Treuttel-Garcias is a trilingual Parisian who has studied at the Sorbonne and the Ecole du Louvre.  She holds a professional guide-lecturer card issued by the French administration and is qualified to present informed commentary on museum collections.  Her specialties are African art and artifacts and Black Images in European Art.  She provides tours for Entrée to Black Paris at the Musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac and the Louvre.