Raquel Perez was born and raised in Venezuela.

After receiving a degree in business administration in her native country, she relocated to the U.S. Having raised her two boys between two languages and two cultures, Raquel began to envision a way to extend her success to others.
However, she didn’t want her future students to attend a session and forget what they had just heard. She wanted to be certain that the students applied what they learned outside of the classroom and looked forward to learning more. Combining her love of language, culture, and teaching, she founded Spanish Room; a fun, language immersion based approach to teaching kids Spanish.

For the past fourteen years, Raquel has loved working as a Spanish language tutor. Since founding the Spanish Room in 2006, she has taught at private schools, homeschool co-ops and home settings in the Chicagoland area. She taught High School Spanish at TOCA academy.

Raquel affectionately invites you to experience the beauty of the latin culture, starting with its core - the Spanish language.