Raquel Obregon
Tertulia Producer/HostRaquel was born in Lima, Peru. She graduated from the University of San Marcos, where she studied Mathematics, and subsequently became a high school math teacher. She began working at New England Public Media in 2004, as the co-host of Tertulia. In 2010 Raquel took over as full-time host of the program.
She enjoys sharing Latin music with her listeners, including music from all over the world as long as it’s related to Latin music and culture. Tertulia also features a diversity of guests such as musicians, writers, poets, doctors and leaders of different organizations who bring information that can benefit the community. The program is presented in a bilingual format.
Aside from Tertulia, Raquel enjoys helping Spanish-speaking people communicate with their healthcare providers. Doing this has inspired her to become a medical interpreter.
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Tertulia was delighted to enjoy the music of singer, guitarist and composer Javier Colón, during his visit to our studios on July 29, 2024. -
Tertulia was honored on June 23rd, 2024 with the visit of these wonderful musicians who delighted us with the sounds of music from South America. -
Tertulia was honored by the visit of these wonderful musicians who play choro, one of the many types of music from Brazil. -
Julia Lapping Rivera was Tertulia’s guest on 5/26/24. -
Tertulia had the pleasure to have as guests, students and teachers from Four Rivers Charter School in Greenfield. -
On March 31, 2024, Tertulia and FOCUS Springfield had the pleasure of visiting William Cumpiano’s shop in Northampton, MA where we had the opportunity to learn about the process of guitar making. -
Professor Julia Lapping Rivera is a Leverett-based artist who teaches woodcut printmaking at Smith College, Northampton and at Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence. She was Tertulia’s guest on 3/3/2024. -
William Cumpiano, a luthier who specializes on fretted and plucked string instruments, was Tertulia’s guest on 1/28/24. He spoke about the origins of the guitar and its evolution in the Americas. -
Neftalí Durán was Tertulia Host Raquel Obregón’s guest on December 17, 2023. -
Music and history is what Elisa Gonzales brought to Tertulia on November 12, 2023. Ms. Gonzales spoke about her family’s difficult experience during the Mexican Repatriation Act in effect from 1929 -1936.
