Raya Sarontino grew up in Kriens, Switzerland. After graduating from high school, she moved to London, where she studied Musical Theatre at Mountview Academy of Performing Arts and graduated with a Batchelor degree. Since then, she has appeared at home and abroad as a singer and actress in musicals such as "Anything Goes", "Titanic", "Flashdance" and "Hello Dolly" as well as operettas such as "La Vie Parisienne", "Der Schwarze Hecht" and "Frau Luna".