Cristina Flores is a Mexican-American soprano, film, commercial, and theater actress originally from the border town, Laredo, TX. Her performances have been featured in film festivals, audio books, voice-overs, and commercials in Texas, L.A., Tokyo, India, and Nicaragua. Some of her past roles include: Flora in Turn of the Screw, Greta Fiorentino in Street Scene, Maria in West Side Story, and Ben, in Matt and Ben. Most recently she was seen as Lily, in the short film, Pepito, on HBO Latino, and was nominated for a B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Actress in her role as the bird, Delilah, with One Ounce Opera.

Cristina loves performing in Central TX and has a deep background in education through her experience in AmeriCorps, as a Children’s Choir Director at Central Presbyterian Church, as a Bilingual Early Childhood Music Instructor at Armstrong Community Music School, and is one of Austin Opera’s 2024-2025 Teaching Artists. She has a strong passion for making opera accessible in the community and currently sits on the board of One Ounce Opera, a nonprofit arts producer presenting dramatic musical events as accessible, contemporary, and mainstream through thoughtful, diverse programming in non-traditional locations in Austin. Cristina currently lives in San Antonio, TX, where she also performs as a solo artist, collaborating with local visual and dance artists and partnering with local businesses to produce curated, interdisciplinary, and accessible experiences that brings the arts and live performance to diverse audiences. She also serves as an appointed committee member under the San Antonio Arts Commission, which advises the Mayor and City Council on arts funding and public art initiatives in collaboration with the Department of Arts & Culture – City of San Antonio.