Consuelo Luz Arostegui was born in Manhattan of Latin American parents and moved to Greece with them when she was a baby.
[1] Her parents were United Nations diplomats which had her growing up in many countries, including Greece, the Philippines, Spain, Italy and Peru.
[citation needed] In 1974, she moved her family to New Mexico where she met Rabbi Chavah Carp in Taos, who presented her with a collection of ancient Ladino prayers with text and music with a request that she learn them and sing them at community festivals and services.
Since then Luz has performed internationally and produced and released many more recordings and this has led her to explore more deeply her Sephardic Jewish heritage.
[3] Her music has been played on the national Hearts of Space Radio network and KUNM, and has been broadcast on the BBC.