Yoel, a native Spanish speaker, who was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, moved to North Carolina when he was 17 and graduated from UNCW with a Bachelor’s in Business. Yoel got his start DJing a Latin night in Wilmington, and now, with 20 years of club and private-event experience, he’s become a staple in the DJ community– known for his knowledge of Latin genres, like Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, and Reggaeton.

Currently, you can regularly find him DJing at places like The Reel Cafe, Social House of Tequila, The Husk, Mariposa, and True Blue Butcher & Barrel. Rio loves to keep a high-energy dance floor with his ability to read the crowd, playing the right track at the right time. His passion for music production makes it likely you’ll hear him slipping some of his awesome original edits in the mix.

Rio is very active in his community through cultural awareness events with UNCW’s Centro Hispano and other community-centric organizations. In his downtime, if he’s not doing something that involves music, Rio has a beautiful family that keeps him loved and busy – a lovely wife, two children on the North Brunswick High School wrestling team, three chihuahuas, five chickens, and a guinea keet.