Raquel, the brainy Spanish Siren is an interdisciplinary artist who currently resides in New York City; where she develops her own original work as a performer/writer, as well as being an actor for theatre, film and television. As an instructor and vice president as Catalyst Management she develops kids and teens for the professional acting industry.

With La Mama Theatre Company she work shopped her play La Paloma Prisoner at the Italy Playwriting Retreat. Excerpt readings at La Galleria Space with La Mama 09. Continued development at The Labyrinth Theatre Intensive and Intar Theatre.

Look out for Raquel on NBC, as a co-star role on Law and Order SVU - episode "Ballerina" in the role of Maricela. And the role of Rita Campos on White Collar – episode “Bottlenecked”.

Her solo piece She Wolves was featured in the New York International Fringe Festival….and take a peek at other projects mixing in the laboratory.

For a fourth year with the program Future Stage Broadway, she has been teaching playwriting in NYC Schools and directing a selected play written by students. Download the interview with Backstage Magazine.

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