 At the age of nineteen Faxas decided to study business at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo; While studying, he married Teresa Vargas, with whom he fathered five children.His daughter, Laura Faxas, is currently the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic at UNESCO in Paris, France, and his son, Angel "El Mono" Faxas, is the Director of Direccion General de Ganaderia, the government office in the Dominican Republic that works with livestock.Once having improved his financial situation, and having not played baseball for a long time, at the age of thirty Faxas had the opportunity and the necessary connections to start playing golf as a hobby and informally, not knowing his future impact on the growth of golf in the Dominican Republic, and his later achievements as a golfer.