He is known as Eddy Vargas. He grew up in Rio San Juan and at the age of nine he moved to Puerto Plata where he started learning how to paint. He did this for about eight years and then moved back to Rio San Juan where he started painting and selling his work in the local gift-shop. Then in 2012, he found the opportunity he was looking for and all he ever wanted—to learn how to improve his painting skills through the discipline of the Ani Art Academies.