Nydia Caro was born in New York City of Puerto Rican parents. She attended the famous High School of The Performing Arts. After several brief stints in New York she returned to Puerto Rico where she quickly became a staple on local television. She recorded her first album in 1973, and won the OTI HispanicAmerican Song Festival in 1976, which made her an international name. She has occasionally made an appearance in films made in Puerto Rico like the Gene Hackman/Morgan Freeman drama Suspicion (2000).