Kziana Flores

(VIBE CONTRIBUTOR, she/her) was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She attended Junior High School 302 and earned a passion for theatre arts. It started in sixth grade, when she auditioned for the drama club’s musical production of “Grease”. She earned a small role with less than 5 lines and a dance number. This didn’t stop her from pursuing this love for acting, and she eventually worked up to larger roles by the eighth grade. As far as her high school career, Kziana went to a local high school that didn’t focus on the arts due to the fear of not being good enough for acting schools and also not being able to afford them. However, whenever the opportunity came up to perform, she did just that. She participated in almost all of the school’s winter talent shows and either sang or danced with a group of friends. When she applied to college, the love of acting was still there and she majored in Theatre and received her Associates Degree from BMCC in 2018. After taking a semester off, she missed being on stage, as she didn’t take up many opportunities at her first college. She then attended York College in 2019, and is now pursing her Bachelor’s Degree. She will be obtaining it this summer after completing all of her elective courses. She has performed at York College as the lead role in David Mamet’s “Oleanna” in Fall 2019, that helped her score a nomination for a scholarship by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. In 2020, she directed and stage managed two plays for her school’s theatre department. Currently, Kziana is working with a group of friends in writing, acting, and producing their original short film debuting this summer. She is also a performer for ViBe Theater Experience which helps tap into her creative, poetic side that she never pursued. She’s always working on her craft and hopes to win an Oscar for all of her hard work one day.