The daughter of an Air Force Lt. Colonel (Ret), Deborah Flora was born on March 9, 1965 in Izmir, Turkey as Deborah Riecks. She is an actress and producer, known for A Distant Thunder (2005), Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good (2011) and Hip! Edgy! Quirky! (2002). She has been married to Jonathan Flora since July 2, 2000. They have two children.
Studied with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Actors' Conservatory and at the prestigious League Theatre Program at SMU, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and was valedictorian of the Meadows School of the Arts.
As a President's Scholar, received a full scholarship to complete her B.F.A. at the Mozateum Conservatory in Salzburg, Austria, where she studied opera and flute as well as acting.
Attended Denver Seminary, starting her M.A. in Philosophy of Religion.