But dedicating her youth to dance never struck her as a sacrifice at all. The best years Flor de Loto fondly recalls Maria Magdalena, the first instructor who had a big impact on her after she enrolled in the Real Conservatorio in 1982: "It was she who gave me my Spanish name, Flor de Loto, which means 'lotus blossom.'
從一九八二年考入馬德里皇家舞蹈學院至今，許金仙女說起她的啟蒙老師瑪麗亞．瑪葛達蕾娜，心中仍有許多感念；「我的名字佛洛黛蓮就是她取的，可以翻譯成『蓮華』，代表智慧、美麗、高貴，這也是她對我的期許。