Elba Raquel Ploum

Elba Raquel Ploum is a tenacious and vivacious firecracker born to a Honduran immigrant and raised in the Louisiana heat. She was the second youngest of six siblings.

Raquel has a passion for global travel, and she has lived in Sun City, South Africa; Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France; and on both coasts of the United States. She prioritizes personal development and participates in healing retreats and coaching for personal growth.

After a lifetime of suppressing trauma, Raquel spent a few years in intentional solitude practicing shadow work. She took a full-on, in depth, honest look at all aspects of herself and found parts that she did not like. She committed to working on them. While reflecting on her life, she organically created her Emotional Intelligence Formula, a 4-step process to acknowledge and evaluate your inner world.

Now, she is that vivacious girl again, and she spends her time dancing, reading, shooting pool, and soaking up every minute she gets to spend with her two grown children Ashley and Elijah, her granddaughter Mia, and her four-legged fur baby Gracie.