Raquel holds a BA in Baroque Violin from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (Netherlands, 2006) and a BA in Biological Sciences from the State University of Campinas (1998). She is trained in the study and practice of Ancient Music with a concentration in Baroque Dance (organizing and running intensive courses on the subject for musicians throughout the country) and is one of the founders of the Ibero-American Group for the Study of Ancient Dances (BR / PT). Academically, she received her Master's Degree in Musicology from UNICAMP in 2010 under the advisement of Paulo M. Kühl, where she did research on the ballet dances included in 18th century operas of Portugal. In 2011, she began work on her PhD at the same university with a research proposal covering Noverre's ballet d'action: music and poetics of dramatic dance in 18th century opera performances, under the guidance of Raphaëlle Legrand (Sorbonne / Paris IV) in 2014-2015 and with a scholarship from CAPES (as a PhD internship). In May of 2012 she completed a course in Heritage and Musicology for the Protection and Diffusion of Patrimonio Artístico Iberoamericano, held at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San Fernando (Madrid). In 2016 she defended her thesis, Apelles et Campaspe, Balé-pantomimo de Noverre (1776): Dance, Libretto and Music at the Music Department of UNICAMP. In 2018 Raquel was invited to be a researcher-collaborator at INET (Institute of Ethnomusicology - Center for Studies in Music and Dance) at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (coordinated by Rui Vieira Nery), developing a project for the Historical and Cultural Studies in Music. Her analysis focuses on Iberian opera and ballet libretti (1790-1830) published in Lisboa, Porto and Madrid as being key documents in studying the use and inclusion of dance during the interludes in operatic performances of the Iberian region and nineteenth century Rio de Janeiro.