Luz Dary Cogollos was raised between Tolú and Bogotá, she says this is why she has a mixtures of flavors in her dishes. When she divorced her husband she knew she had to survive so she got a place at the "Plaza de La Concordia" where her first clients were college students who called her "mama Luz". When she was displaces fron La Concordia, she got a place in La Perseverancia were she started to innovate in her recipies. Whenher clientele grew she decided to open a restaurant called "mama Luz" in other parts of the city.