Raina Villareal is a Mexican and Puerto Rican recording engineer and producer who was born and raised in the city of Chicago, Illinois. At a young age, Raina was constantly surrounded by music, from her grandfather who was a singer and songwriter to her father having a great love for music. Throughout her adolescence, Raina realized she wanted to become a recording engineer and producer after watching the documentary, The Defiant Ones. Raina started her musical and technology education at Columbia College Chicago. Learning from field recording engineers to obtain opportunities to be a part of large projects such as managing an artist collective, recording and mixing tracks, to gaining many experiences and connections from companies like Gravity Studios, Kingsize Soundlabs, NASCAR/ Point Source and House of Blues Chicago.

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In May 2023, Raina graduated with a B.A. in Audio Arts and Acoustics with a concentration in music recording and a minor in Music Business. Her expertise in audio engineering consists of recording, mixing, editing, mastering, microphone and instrument placement, room treatment, and troubleshooting. Keeping in mind that quality is the goal for any project, she excels at utilizing various techniques, technical equipment, and DAW programs such as ProTools, Ableton Live, and Logic Pro as well as having a keen musical ear to ensure the most adequate sounds. The music genres she is focusing on are Latin RnB and Alternative. Some artists who inspire her are Raye, Billie Eilish, Kali Uchis, Carlos Santana, Childish Gambino, ¿Téo? and many others.  For her future, Raina seeks job opportunities throughout the audio realm- either it being music recording, live sound and/or audio visual which would lead her to her ultimate dream- traveling and making music.