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Traci Peraza (Williams) aka Trapera, Ask Traci and/or Dachoche is the daughter of legendary Cuban percussionist Armando Peraza aka the" Miles Davis of the Percussions" and the congo player that played alongside for more than twenty years, the more than ten time Grammy Award winning guitarist Carlos Santana in his band, Santana was born August 13, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. She is the only child born to her father and her mother Jean Williams who was born in Blakely, Georgia and raised in Palm Beach, Florida. In 1969, Traci was used in one of the first budget black baby doll commercials and advertisements for which her mother saddly professed, she never earned one penny. Traci attended the highly reputed private school Our Saviour's Lutheran school in Los Angeles' high rent Wilshire District during elementary school and than later became a part of the county's busing initiative trekking from the Lamert Park/ Baldwin Hills area all the way to Sherman Oaks to attend the Sherman Oaks Center for Enrichment Studies. After her mother suffered a divorce, from her step-father, she and Traci relocated to Northern California where Traci finished her last year of junior highschool and than went on to attend Luther Burbank Highschool where she was a foreign exchange student in Turkey and than subsequently provided the opportunity to travel to Yugoslavia, England, France and Greece. Additionally, she was a cheerleader on both the junior varsity and varsity teams and eventually the captain for the varsity team, until she relinquished her position to further her education and become concurrently enrolled at the Sacramento city college and her highschool. She graduated from her highschool as a community leader, a highly honored orator and was the commence speaker for the 1984 graduating class where she did a portion of the commencement speech in Spanish for the large Latino population of her graduating class and their Spanish speaking family members. Having graduated at the top of her class, Traci was accepted into several universities, but because her teachers went on strike during her senior year failing to complete all of her letters of recommendation in the timeframe necessary, rather than waiting, Traci chose to attend the University of California, Davis, a highly reputable school and one very close to home. She majored in Rhetoric and Communications and by 1987 had completed her education and relocated to Fort Worth, Texas in pursuit of her Master's Degree.

By 1989, she gave birth to her first child, Darian a.ka. Adriel and today is the proud mother of three, the two youngest are Jalil and Jehireh. The latter two of her children both are in the entertainment business. Jalil is best known for his role as Jamal on the Barney Show and both he and Jehireh are known for their contribution on Kanye's "Late Registration" album.

Traci has spent most of her professional career in the automotive finance industry working for Nissan Motor Acceptance, Mercedes Benz Credit and finally Endtrust as a Operations Director. In her spare time, she loves travelling. As a matter of fact, she and her girl friends were featured on the Travel Channel on an episode of "All Girl's Getaway", a show featuring the lively vacations that girlfriends take together. The show was the result of a challenge that she and her girlfriends were having to find the most affordable and best vacation. Dana Davis won the challenge finding a way to have her girlfriend's featured on television with an all expenses paid vacation. Dana had already had her taste of television on Good Morning Texas and most recently as the "better half" of a couple's team on America's Amazing Race 2010 season. One year following the great girlfriend getaway, Traci was chosen as one of eight women to go to India to do a documentary which is scheduled for a 2011/2012 release called Friendly Captivity that explored their responses to one another with the condition of the Dalits and India as the backdrop. This trip resulted in Traci returning home wondering how she could make a difference. Today, she is the board President for a non profit organization, Traffick 911, whose goal is to rescue trafficked girls under the age of 18 and provide them a safe and secure refuge.

Traci is still pursuing her creative passion making jewelry from sterling silver and semi-precious stones, some of her pieces has been purchased and gifted to many well known celebrities. Her true passion is to follow the teachings