We recently connected with Florencia Baez and have shared our conversation below.

Florencia, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you open up about a risk you’ve taken – what it was like taking that risk, why you took the risk and how it turned out?

I was nine years old when my mom took me to the theater for the first time. I still remember sitting in the seat, completely mesmerized. In that moment, I knew I didn’t want to be part of the audience: I wanted to be on stage. There was something in that world that made me feel alive like never before.
When I was sixteen, I visited Los Angeles for the first time and took the Warner Bros. Studio tour. I felt exactly the same way. Walking through the sets, opening a door that led from a fake school hallway into a bookstore, I was fascinated. In that instant, a new dream was born in me: to study acting in Los Angeles.
Back in Argentina, after finishing high school, it was time to choose a path. I wanted to study acting, but I didn’t dare. I chose the “safer” path and enrolled in a degree in Public Relations. I graduated, but deep down I knew I was living the life others expected of me. I tried to convince myself that a “formal” career would give me stability, but each day I ignored what I truly wanted, I felt a little emptier.
After COVID, I decided to take a small step toward change. I moved to Miami to study English. Two years later, I felt stuck again. I knew where I needed to be: Los Angeles. But fear held me back, fear of not having enough money, of feeling alone, of struggling with the language. Fear of finally doing what I had always dreamed of. Because sometimes, what we desire most is also what paralyzes us. I thought that at my age I should already have everything figured out, that I couldn’t start over.
I’m lucky to have parents who always encouraged me to take risks and trust myself. So, with fear but also with support, I did it: I moved to Los Angeles.
The city shook me completely. It broke me down and confronted me with my most vulnerable, solitary self. But it was also the place where I grew the most. Los Angeles has that strange way of breaking you just enough for the light to come in.
At first, I continued studying English, but the program lasted only three months, and I needed to find an acting school. I started looking at conservatories and got frustrated: I couldn’t afford any of them. Just when I was about to give up, someone told me about the Stella Adler Art of Acting Studio. I went with no expectations, and they told me I could finance the program. Instead of relief, I felt double the fear. How was I going to study acting in a language that wasn’t mine? How could I measure up? I felt completely incapable.
But someone at the conservatory took the time to listen to my story, trusted me, and encouraged me to audition. I had only four days to prepare two monologues. I remember thinking: If I can’t even read two full books in English, how am I going to do this? But I did it. I auditioned… and I got in.
Now, I’m days away from graduating, and I can’t put into words how grateful I am that I took the leap. These two years were uncomfortable, challenging, and deeply transformative. There were days I left crying, feeling lost, unable to go on. I found myself in situations where I felt ridiculous, confused, unable to understand what was being said… but from each of those experiences, I learned something.
Looking back, I realize that the risk wasn’t leaving home. The real risk was daring to come back to myself.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I am an Argentinian actor currently living in Los Angeles. My love for acting began at the age of nine, when I attended the theater for the first time and felt an immediate connection to the stage. I started my training in Argentina, and my first teacher, Miguel Gregorio Lurbe, shared his passion for theater with me, deepening my love for this craft. I was born in the north of the country, and at 18, I moved to Buenos Aires, where I continued to study and develop my skills.
I am now in the final months of my professional training at the Stella Adler Art of Acting Studio in Los Angeles. During this time, I’ve had the opportunity to play diverse and complex characters: Alice, a rebellious and defiant woman in Vinegar Tom, and Tybalt, an impulsive, violent, and arrogant man in Romeo and Juliet; and Amira, an FBI agent who claimed to be on the side of justice but was driven by vengeance, in my original showcase project. I also wrote, produced, and directed, with the collaboration of Sean Cowhig, a solo show inspired by the life of Eva Perón.
Outside of school, I participated in the Fringe Festival, portraying Vitela, a reserved, sweet and resilient woman. The production was nominated for Best International Show, an honor that filled me with pride and reaffirmed my dedication to telling stories that resonate and make an impact.
My approach as an actor focuses on creating authentic, emotionally rich characters that connect with audiences and spark reflection. I strive to bring truth and vulnerability to every role, and I am proud to take creative risks that challenge me and allow me to grow with each project.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

For me, the most rewarding part of being an actor is the ability to tell countless stories that deserve to be heard. I’m a very curious person, I love observing and trying to understand why people are the way they are. I believe part of our job as actors is to decode the human soul, to go beyond what’s being said in order to perform from a place of truth. There’s also something deeply healing in the creative process: discovering parts of myself through the characters, recognizing the contradictions that live within all of us, and, in that journey, not only discovering the character but also myself.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

A lesson I had to unlearn was the idea that I was too old to start over. For a long time, I thought that by a certain age I should have everything figured out, a clear path, stability, certainty. But when I realized I didn’t, and that nothing around me was truly fulfilling, I felt lost. Starting over at 27, deciding to study again, felt at first like admitting failure. But it turned out to be the opposite, it was an act of courage. It taught me that it’s never too late to rebuild, to chase what truly moves your soul, and to trust that every new beginning is a chance to find yourself again.

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Headshots: Abigail Frost