Page 74 - AVN October 2021

“I see and move through the world very
differently these days than in years gone by.”
Dela Florez tells AVN she found her “home” in adult entertainment, embracing the path that she
seemed destined for many years before making the move.
And now that she has established a following and found her preferred platform to share her
diverse range of content, Florez says there are no limits to what she can create.
She arrived at AVN Stars armed with a breadth of life experiences that have given her a worldliness
and wisdom that she carries with her in every new endeavor and interaction.
Among Florez’s areas of expertise—aside from femdom—are work as a professional bruja.
Dela has had a tarot reading and energy healing practice for 21 years. She’s published in several
pagan/occult periodicals; she’s a certified meditation teacher trained in India; she has a medical
Cannabis specialist certification; and she holds a Religious Studios degree with a special focus
on Hinduism.
That’s not to mention additional jobs as a costume character at Disney World—where she
played Pluto—and her work for a mermaiding swim company, where she swam in and taught
others how to swim in mermaid tales.
But it turns out adult was her calling.
“When I was 18 [in ’97-’98], I was in talks with a Montreal studio to develop an adult site that
featured costumes and aesthetics from various historical eras,” Dela explains. “But at the time,
aside from a very few notable exceptions of breakthrough performers, such as Traci Lords, any
involvement in the adult industry was essentially a mainstream career-killer.
“... So I ended up declining that project in the end. I’d say every five years or so I would do a
little digging into how the adult industry was evolving in the digital age, and weigh that against the
mainstream industry’s acceptance.
“I always joked that by the time I was 40 I would say ‘fuck it’ and just become a Dominatrix!
And here we are!”
Florez “finally” entered the adult industry in December 2019 after one of her co-workers told her
she was doing OnlyFans, explaining how a growing number of premium platforms allow creators
to maintain complete control over every aspect of their careers.
“It was a revelation!” Dela recalls. “Literally that night I went home, told my husband to stand
back and watch the show, and registered for my first platform.”
The native of Orlando, Florida, says waiting until she was 40 to get started helped her gain an
edge.
“I see and move through the world very differently these days than in years gone by,” Dela says.
“I have a very clear sense of who exactly I am, what I like, and where I want to be going which I
simply didn’t before.”
M Z D EL A F LO R E Z
7 4 A V N . C O M | 1 0 . 2 1 | D E L A F L O R E Z