- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Parents: Albee and Kathy Castro.
- Attended New Lane Memorial elementary school.
- She has a teacup Pomeranian named Karma.
- Los Angeles, CA, USA: Pursuing her acting and musical career (September 2013)
- She made her first music video debut as "Little Nicole" in Ludacris Feat. Mary J. Blige: Runaway Love (2006).
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