Raquel Jacobson-Peregrino began dancing in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. While an undergraduate at Harvard, she danced with the Harvard-Radcliffe Ballet Folklórico De Aztlán. She is the Director and a founding member of Tierra del Sol, a community-based ballet folklórico. Raquel is currently serving as the Director of Cultural and Educational Affairs for the national organization Asociación Nacional de Grupos Folklóricos (ANGF). She organizes the Jose Tena Folklorico Workshop in Boston every February. She has a Master of Education from Harvard University and teaches Earth Science at Boston Latin School.

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