Raquel's path in the entertainment world was nurtured and encouraged
from an early age. By age 4 she was regularly appearing on "Sesame Street"
and "Nick Jr." Then at age 7 she became a breakout star when she played
the lead role in the feature film "Jersey Girl" alongside megastars Jennifer
Lopez and Ben Affleck.
Raquel charmed the talk-show circuit appearing as a guest on "Ellen" and
"The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. She co-hosted with Ryan Seacrest on
"On Air with Ryan Seacrest." At age 10, Raquel was appointed the youngest
correspondent ever for Entertainment Tonight's Kid's Choice Awards, where
she had the opportunity to interview high-profile celebrities including Jim
Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Queen Latifah, and Adam Sandler. Her acting career
continued to flourish as she guest-starred in "Law & Order SVU" and appeared
in the world premiere of Broadway's "White Christmas" as Susan Waverly. She
also made her music-video debut as "Little Nicole" in Ludacris/Mary J. Blige's
video "Runaway Love."
Her first grown-up role was the love interest in Rosie O'Donnell's Lifetime
movie "America." She co-starred in the Canadian TV show "Winging It," in
which she debuted one of her original songs.
After she competed on "The Voice," Raquel's YouTube channel "raquelcx3"
garnered over a million views, and a contribution to that popularity is her
cover of Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man" as well as Selena's "Amor
Prohibido," which shows her versatility as a bilingual/Spanish singer.
Raquel had a recurring role on Fox's hit show "Empire" as Marisol, a member of
Hakeem and Cookie's girl group Mirage' A Trois, a role that cemented her as an
acting/singing/dancing triple threat. With three songs on Sony's "Empire"
soundtrack and a collaboration with Becky G on the single "Do It," she is definitely
making strides on her musical journey.
Having just landed the theme song for the new Netflix animated series "Carmen
Sandiego," a hit song on BPM Radio, and another #1 on Billboard's dance chart with
the Zack Martino/Disco Fries remix of "U Make Me", Raquel is headed in the right
direction.
Whether it be acting, singing, dancing or songwriting, Raquel has had many moments
of great success. Although her first professional platform into the music industry was
at age 16 as a finalist on Christina Aguilera's team on Season 1 of "The Voice," she had a
full-circle moment when she recently returned to NBC on Season 2 of "Songland" and had
the incredible opportunity to pitch a song she wrote in front of Grammy-winning producers
Ryan Tedder, Shane McAnally, and Ester Dean, as well as R&B artist "H.E.R." Raquel worked
one-on-one with Ryan Tedder, and her song "Wrong Places" was chosen by "H.E.R.," which
landed Raquel her first placement with a major artist. "Wrong Places" currently has 5.2
million streams and counting.
In 2020, Raquel signed with Jason Boyarski, a top entertainment music attorney at Boyarski
Fritz.
