Flo has been an avid amateur musician since the age of 9. She has played flute and piccolo in award-winning high school and college bands, and received superior ratings as a soloist as a high school student in West Virginia. Over the past 15 years, Flo has played with the Centerville Concert Band in Centerville, Ohio, and the Jacksonville Concert Band before joining the St. Augustine Concert Band. She also serves as an instrumentalist at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine.

Flo holds an undergraduate degree in English and advanced degrees in educational technology. She has had a long and interesting career in technology, including running a documentation, training, and web development consultancy. Flo continues to work as an independent consultant and is an assistant dean of curriculum in the Information Technology program at an online university. In addition to the concert band, Flo enjoys distance running and spending time in the great outdoors.