Born in Bogota. Raised in Staten Island. Nothing to Lose.

Luz Michelle was born in Bogota, Colombia, adopted by two Eastern European Jews, and raised in Staten Island, NY. She will be the first to tell you that this combination of circumstances basically wrote the set for her.

She found standup more than a fifteen years ago (who’s counting?) and turned one of the most unusual origin stories in comedy into one of its sharpest voices. She has performed at Caroline's, The Stand, Dangerfield's, and Gotham Comedy Club, appeared at SXSW, the NYC Comedy Festival, the Good Karma Comedy Festival, and Laugh Riot Grrrl Festival, and took home the storyteller win at Gotham. She is a 2025 Ladies of Laughter winner and has been seen on Good Morning America. Her comedy is rooted in real life. Adoption. Marriage. Motherhood. Identity. The stuff people feel but rarely say out loud.

In 2018, she founded Hard Headed Comedy. Women-owned. Live events. No permission needed. Hard Headed Comedy brings New York's sharpest standup talent to the tri-state's most charming venues, from libraries and fundraisers to private parties and breweries, connecting people through laughter and making world-class comedy more accessible to communities just beyond the city limits.

In 2020, she created Still Standing Monologues giving comedians an opportunity to ply their trade during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and to do so with pride.

Luz has always been an advocate for underrepresented voices in comedy and has quickly became a beloved fixture in the LGBTQIA and Women in Comedy communities. She has created Queerlarious, a comedy show that has graced Westchester Pride for three consecutive years.

Off stage, she writes the Dear Luz advice column for Connect To Magazine, same unfiltered honesty, different format.

Nothing to Luzis her debut comedy special. Recorded live at St. Mark’s Comedy Club. One take. Fifteen years in the making.

Luz Michelle has everything to say. And absolutely nothing to lose.