Trivia

May of 2011 Raquel appeared on the NBC show "The Voice" and was selected by Christina Aguilera to be on her team in the competition.

She was on the dance competition team at Michelle Ferraro's Dance USA and has won first place in jazz, hip hop, tap and lyrical.

Raquel Castro was a finalist on Christina Aguilera's team on season 1 of NBC The Voice.

She is half Puerto Rican, a quarter Italian and a quarter Jewish.

She is the fourth of five children, with two older sisters, an older brother and a younger brother.

Older sister of actor David Castro.

She prefers to be called Kel rather than Raquel.

Raquel is working on her album and releasing her first single, which she co-wrote.

She had a recurring role on Fox's hit show Empire (2015) as Marisol in Hakeem's & Cookie's girl group Mirage' A Trois.

At age 10, Raquel was appointed the youngest correspondent ever for Entertainment Tonight (1981) covering the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '05 (2005), where she had the opportunity to interview high-profile celebrities including Jim Carrey, Queen Latifah, Cameron Diaz, and Adam Sandler.

Her older brother Anthony is in the Airforce.

Her first grown-up role was playing the love interest in Rosie O'Donnell's Lifetime movie America (2009). She co-starred in Wingin' It (2010), where she debuted one of her original songs.

Sings the theme song for Carmen Sandiego (2019).

She has a teacup Pomeranian named Karma.

Parents: Albee and Kathy Castro.

Attended New Lane Memorial elementary school.

Los Angeles, CA, USA: Pursuing her acting and musical career (September 2013)

She made her first music video debut as "Little Nicole" in Ludacris & Mary J. Blige: Runaway Love (2006).