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Raquel Vazquez
Executive Director @Teatro Público
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Multidisciplinary artist and cultural manager. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, she has a career spanning more than 20 years in the performing arts, starting as a child in the musical field. She graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus with a bachelor's degree in Drama, with an emphasis on acting, and a master's degree in Cultural Management and Administration. She completed independent studies in singing, under the tutelage of Laura Reyes (2016-2019). Her master's thesis focused on the development of Vozarteum: first community opera festival (2017), where she also served as stage director and which had a second edition in California and Mexico (2019). She has performed as a singer in countless spaces and alongside artists such as Danny Rivera and Pedro Capó. As an actress, under the direction of Ricardo Cobián, Rosabel Otón, Jorge Antares, Moncho Conde, among others. She developed cultural and educational programming in spaces such as the Ruth Hernández Torres Cultural Center (2018-2019) and El Bastión cultural center (2019-2020). She has worked on audiovisual projects in production, editing, and photography, as well as in graphic design and digital media. She led the creative production and communication strategy of the School of Arts, Design, and Creative Industries of the Sagrado Corazón University (2021-2024). Since 2019, she has served as Executive Director for Teatro Público, a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the theater sector in Puerto Rico. Some of the company's grants and accolades include those frome National Latinx Theater Initiative, Dramatists Guild Foundation, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture’s Theater Festival, and the Arts and Culture Award at Enterprise Competition from Guayacan Foundation.More...