Raquel is a bilingual investigative reporter based in San Diego available for assignments along the U.S.-Mexico border and California. 

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Her career began in local news, covering government, legislation and breaking news across Northeast Texas, before moving into local nonprofit news where she spent time with San Antonio communities most affected by the issues she covered. Digging deeper, mapping disparities and following the data led her to investigative journalism and the work she feels she was always meant to do at the Texas-Mexico border. 

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Her reporting centers the communities most affected by the systems and policies she covers.