Diana Flores was born in the Gulf Coast town of Palacios, Texas in 1951. She graduated from high school in 1969 and attended Texas A&I - Kingsville where she joined the Political Association of Spanish-speaking Organizations (PASSO). She moved to Dallas in 1979 and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Dallas Baptist University in 1994. She worked for El Centro Community College where she also served as president of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) Support Staff Council. She was named DCCCD Employee of the Year in 1992 and was elected to the Dallas County Community College District board of trustees in 1996. She worked for the University of Texas at Arlington Center for Mexican American Studies and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) National Education Service Center (LNESC) prior to making an election bid for the Texas House of Representatives. After her unsuccessful campaign for the state seat, she worked with the Center for Human Rights. At the time of the interview she was active in the National Community College Hispanic Council of the Association of Latino Community College Trustees, a member of the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE), and a founding member of the People United for Representation and Equality (PURE). In 2009, she was working as Project Director for the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Small Business Transportation Resource Center-Gulf Region, a member of the Hispanic Women's Network of Texas (HWNT), and still a member of the DCCCD board of trustees.
From the description of Oral history interview with Diana Flores, 2001 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 370382793
