OUR BACKGROUND

How We Got Here

After coming to America from Mexico in hopes of working hard and earning money, owner, Fernando Padua Antunez, was determined to make auto body his life. From working three jobs plus hustling at an auto body shop when he could, he decided to make the jump and create his own business. Since being established in 2014, Padua's Auto Body has provided work that has been passed down three generations, and hopefully onto the fourth as well.

THE INSPIRATION

Fernando Padua Alvarez

The auto body industry goes back four generations in the Padua family. It was on the third generation where we finally got to our family business, but only with the wisest and most motivational man would that have been possible. Fernando Padua Alvarez, father of our owner was the man that taught him everything he knew. If possible, the name of the business would have been "Fernando's", but an homage to the whole family name was what Fernando senior really wanted.

Starting a new business was going to be no easy task, but one thing that was set in stone from the start was the name. The Padua name is our business name to honor our family members that taught us everything we know. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of family in the auto industry. Everyone here at Padua's Auto Body is family and we understand the value of our cars and vehicles in our daily lives. Bringing us together, automobiles have this special power that no other really could do. Padua's Auto Body wants to make sure your own vehicle can do that, while still looking good.