Mara Light was born in New York, and raised in Southern California from the age of three.
She comes from a family of visual artists.
"Painting seemed very natural to me since my early years growing up", says Mara.
She considers herself extremely fortunate to have been given the opportunity to be around parents who look at the world in an artistic, visual way.
She was encouraged, and at times pushed, to make her very personal artistic expression part of her life.