Xocoyotzin Moraza (pronounced Sho-ko-yot-seen) is a multi instrumental musician, born and raised in Southern California. He is a native of the city of Ventura, Ca. Xocoyotzin has been studying, researching and performing a musical genre known as Son Jarocho for 36 years.

He specializes in the performance of the Requinto Jarocho and he had tutelage under Maestro Tomas Herrera, the Veracruz harp, and the jarana jarocha, beginning at the age of five years old. Moraza comes from a family of musicians, including his father whom is a harpist, harp and string maker. Their ensemble is called Conjunto Alma Grande de la familia Moraza, and they have been performing regional Mexican music for nearly 50 years. Also, Conjunto Alma Grande consist sof Lorenzo, Antonio, Carlos, Martin and Carmen Moraza. 

Xocoyotzin is a graduate of UCLA with a degree in ethnomusicology, and is regarded as a master of the son Jarocho musical genre, having studied and performed with some of the best in the world. He is currently a member of Conjunto Jarocho Zacamandú, under the direction of Master Tomas Herrera, and is also the harpist for his group Rey Fresco. Rey Fresco has shared the stage with such acts as Nas, Damian Marley, Ziggy Marley, the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, Toots and the Maytals, Jack Johnson, Incubus, Modest Mouse, Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, Sistema Bomb, Ozomatli, Lenny Castro and La Mata, and many others.

XocoyotzinMoraza has toured nationally and internationally, has participated in many recording sessions, and continues to do so.