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Travis Flores
Flores in 2012
BornTravis Michael Flores
(1991-04-07)April 7, 1991
Glendale, California, U.S.
DiedMay 23, 2024(2024-05-23) (aged 33)
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Motivational speaker, writer, producer
Years active2004–2024
PartnerClément Souyri

Travis Michael Flores (April 7, 1991 – May 23, 2024) was an American writer, activist, philanthropist, and motivational speaker, best known for being an advocate of cystic fibrosis and queer youth. He was a published children's book author and wrote for several magazines and publications, including OUT, UpWorthy, and DoSomething. He has been featured in works such as Chicken Soup for the Soul, Reader's Digest: Selections, Charlie's Cancer Rescue and The Lemonade Stand.and The Key Of Awesome as a parodied Liam Payne

Life

Early life (1991–2003)

Flores was born in Glendale, California, on April 7, 1991. He was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when he was 4 months old.

Activism and writing career (2003–2024)

Flores began his activism career at the age of 12, when he began work with illustrator Michelle Ciappa to prepare his children's book The Spider Who Never Gave Up for publishing. In 2004, after the book was published, Flores began a motivational speaking and book tour at the age of 13. A year later, Flores partnered with Disney to print an edition of his book for a Make-A-Wish Foundation event, in which two million dollars was donated to the charity. The media attention and success of the event enabled Flores to extend his tour another two years.

Flores had cystic fibrosis and had spoken very openly about it, having served as a spokesperson for various cystic fibrosis related organizations and fundraisers. He was very passionate about his charitable work with both the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and had donated a large percentage of his children's book proceeds to the two organizations. Throughout his life and career, he had helped to raise mass amounts of money for both the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Make-A-Wish, among other charities including the Christina Grimmie Foundation, Global Genes, etc. Flores also established his own 501(c)(3) organization in 2005, which provides laptops to chronically ill youth in hospitals.

Flores started college when he was sixteen and received his bachelor's degree in acting from Marymount Manhattan College at the age of twenty. In 2010, during his work as an undergraduate student, he worked with Susan Batson on the Broadway workshops of the Tennessee Williams play, In Masks Outrageous and Austere. In 2012, the play opened at Culture Project theater in New York City, but Flores was no longer affiliated with the project. While working in New York City, he attended New York University and graduated in the spring of 2013 with a master's degree in Fundraising.

On March 3, 2015, Flores successfully received a double-lung transplant at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Following the operation, he continued his work in entertainment and later underwent a second double-lung transplant on October 3, 2017, at the same medical facility. In January 2019, his second transplant was rejected by his body. On May 5, 2020, Flores received his third bilateral lung transplant, making him 1 of approximately 30 worldwide to have ever undergone 3 double-lung transplants.

In May 2019, Flores came out as gay on the CW series My Last Days, making him the first person to come out on the network.

Flores resided in Los Angeles, California with his partner, Clément Souyri before his death. He continued to pursue his philanthropic outreaches, acting, and writing. His parents, Timothy and Teresa Flores, as well as his two siblings, Justin and Brandon Flores, live in Ohio.

References

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  16. "Shirley Knight Will Star in World Premiere of Tennessee Williams' In Masks Outrageous and Austere". Playbill. March 4, 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.
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  20. "Meet Travis Flores, a survivor of a rare third lung transplant". NBC News. June 23, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  21. "MTV Shows" – via paramountplus.com.

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