Catherine Ricafort is an American actress, singer, software engineer, and entrepreneur. Ricafort has appeared in several Broadway productions, including

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, the 2013 production of Cinderella, Mamma Mia!, Disaster! and

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. Ricafort also appeared on NBC's

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, in

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, as part of the group, The Backbeats. Although her family comes from the

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, Ricafort was born and raised in the United States. She graduated from

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, and was an active participant in the school's choir program. In 2009, she graduated from

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with a degree in Industrial and Systems engineering, and a minor in Musical Theatre. At USC, Ricafort participated in the a cappella group

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. , Ricafort was appearing in a new Broadway production of Irving Berlin's ''

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''. Ricafort appeared as

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in ''

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'' from June 19, 2018 up until its closure on September 16, 2018.

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