 At age 17, after graduating from Plano High School, Lucero moved to what would be his permanent home, Los Angeles, California where he would pursue his passion in art and fashion.He attended the Otis/Parsons School of Design (now called Otis College of Art and Design) where he would learn the skills of fashion design and sketching.He graduated in 1989, and over the next few years Lucero worked in many art fields including graphic design, fashion photography, fashion illustration and costume design for film and television.