[citation needed] Raised in Phoenix, Arizona, until age 10, then until 21 in San Diego, California, she later resided for 15 years in Wasilla, Alaska.

Rendell played tennis for Eastern Washington University and Graduated on the Deans List majoring in Film.

Fairbanks inspired Flack to continue skating after wanting to stop at an early age due to racism.

[6] Two years later, Debi Thomas, Bobby Beauchamp and Rory Flack skated to three medals at the US National Championships.

Her performance at the 1987 U.S. Championships attracted national attention and earned her an appearance with footage on Saturday Night Live.

Despite being advised not to compete by the show producer because she would lose her next gig, Flack entered the competition with her friends' support.

She had a close childhood friend Doug Mattis who taught her to do a back flip on ice, making her the first black woman in the world with this ability.

She co-starred as the Sugar Plum Fairy alongside Olympic champions Oksana Baiul and Brian Boitano.

One week later, Flack accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Sports Foundation on behalf of Mabel Fairbanks.

Flack appeared as the headliner and had guest artist Savion Glover, Kenny Gambel and Howard Hewitt.

The show received rave reviews from the Washington Post with the article "On Ice, Black Music And Dance Catch Fire", by Natalie Hopkinson, with the opening statement, "The ancestors couldn't have foreseen this."

In the fall of 2007, Flack took a hiatus from performing due to health issues that brought on the loss of some speech and movements in her arms and legs.

She began working with a team of doctors on the east coast while living in Utah, then relocated to Philadelphia in the spring of 2013.

Flack-Mitchell currently lives in Texas and is overcoming the complications of her illness to perform at the 2016 US Open Professional Figure Skating Championships on May 31 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In April 2012, Flack started dividing her time coaching between Alaska; Houston, TX; Provo, Utah; Washington, D.C.; Chicago; and New Jersey, and offered clinics worldwide.