Luka Lončar was born in Trieste and attended the Prežihov Voranc Primary School and the Simon Gregorčič Lower Secondary School in Dolina (Italy), both with Slovene as the language of instruction. After completing his lower secondary education, he continued his studies at the Izola Secondary School, specialising in gastronomy and tourism. He graduated in 2020 and then enrolled in a double major undergraduate programme in Italian Language and Literature and Slovene Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He graduated in 2024 and enrolled in the master's programme in the same fields that same year.

Photography by Črt Piksi

While at secondary school, Luka began teaching Italian in individual lessons and later worked as a translator. He has been working as a teacher at Pionirski dom since the 2022/2023 school year.