Francisco Verastegui was born in Irving, TX, in 2002, and moved with his family to NYC in 2006. At age 10, Francisco began to learn the flute at school in the 5th grade. He was accepted to the Jazz at Lincoln Center Middle School Jazz Academy in 2013 and remained in the program for two years. In 2015, Francisco was accepted to the Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program (MAP), where he studied flute for three years under the instruction of Mrs. Allison Loggins-Hull. In 2018, Francisco was accepted in the Chamber Music Center of New York
where he was awarded the Chang-Chavkin scholarship, covering his tuition at the program as well as lesson costs for the next two years under the study of Lisa Arkis. During this time, Francisco had also attended summer music festivals including Luzerne Music Festival, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and YOLA’s National Festival.