As a child, his mother made the decision to travel to America with him and his younger brother after being in an abusive relationship for years. Not having his mom around because she was busy working two or three jobs all year around taught him responsibility and strength as he was the one responsible for watching over his baby brother only being 8 years old himself at the time. His high school class had 130 kids or so, and everyone knew everything about everyone, and it was no secret that he didn't come from a lot and always felt like he had to prove himself to others. He learned to hide his Mexican accent because overtime he learned that people were generally nicer when he spoke without it.

Ceniceros never understood why he wanted to be a nurse early on. But what he did know is that he liked to help people and liked to make people feel good about themselves. He was introduced to the nursing field his junior year of high school and was drawn to it initially because he saw how diverse the field was.

Two weeks before his high school graduation at an awards assembly, enough people in the community, teachers and counsellors believed in him and his future to grant him scholarships to go to college. After being the first college graduate in his family, he started his nursing career at Arkansas Children's Hospital, where he landed his dream job as a brand-new registered nurse working in the burn centre.