Artist Praxedes “Prax” Serrano came to the United States from his native Oaxaca, Mexico, at age 14. He arrived with a cousin and made his way to New York City to stay with other family members.

There, he attended high school and then three years of art school at the Cooper Union, where he learned fundamental concepts, rules and realism. He then forged a path that led him to Long Beach Island, where he found his own style, rooted in his personal and cultural experiences.