[5] She moved to Lima to train as a tourist guide at the Instituto Superior Tecnológico Eleazar Guzmán Barrón in Huaraz, as she felt it would be the right career to help her stay close to the mountains.
[9] Flor is known for her lean expeditions, self-funded, without sherpas, sponsorship and without supplemental oxygen.
[10][11] She is critical of large expeditions that leave garbage, waste, old tents and used O2 canisters across the Himalayas and Karakoram, and has sought to bring attention to the issue.
[4] She started the project "Hijas de la Montaña" in an effort to lead the first Peruvian female expedition in the Himalayas.
[23][24] The project, aims to send five women from the Peruvian Andes, including Flor, to climb Manaslu and advocate for environmental sustainability and gender equality.