RAQUEL REICHARD is a journalist, editor, author, producer, and speaker based in Orlando, Florida, who also serves as the deputy director of Somos, Refinery 29’s channel by and for Latines. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Refinery29, Cosmopolitan, Bustle, Well + Good, Teen Vogue, and other major news and lifestyle outlets. Her first book, Self-Care for Latinas, (Adams Media) was published in December 2023. A proud Nuyoflorican, Raquel was born in Far Rockaway in Queens, New York, spent her early childhood in her parents’ homeland of Puerto Rico, and was raised in Orlando.