ABOUT FLORA

I am a lawyer by day, though I have always had the soul of an artist. As Michael Kirby – once a judge – observed, “great lawyers are failed poets.”

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I discovered storytelling in 2017 while attending a Snap Judgment show in Washington, DC. I remember sitting in the audience completely hypnotized. I felt at home instantly. The combination of writing and public speaking was exactly what I was looking for as a medium for self-expression. I took my first storytelling class shortly afterward and have been diligently growing as a storyteller ever since.

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In March 2019, I was selected as one of nine storytellers to perform at Story District's Tuesday Show in Washington DC, attended by 400 people. The performance of my #metoo story, an emotional and vulnerable experience, received a standing ovation, a rare occurrence at such shows.

 

Additionally, I've been directing and producing a tango storytelling show with Tango Mercurio, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization I led as Board Chair for four years. The show provides an opportunity for our community of dancers to tell stories about how tango has impacted their lives. 

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One theme is common to all my work: the transformation of pain into beauty. I use my own painful life experiences to create beautiful stories of resilience, forgiveness, personal transcendence, and love. I believe that the answer to pain is to transcend it, to turn it into stories filled with meaning and beauty.

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Sadec 1965 is my first solo storytelling show. 

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