Florencia Paez was born in Monterrey (Mexico) and received her first ballet lessons at the Dalirys Estudio de Danza. In 2012 she started her ballet training at the Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey in Mexico. In the years 2012, 2014 and 2016 she took part in the Youth America Grand Prix and reached the finals in each year. In 2016 she won a scholarship for the John Cranko School from which she graduated in 2019.

During the 2019/20 season Florencia Paez was an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet. After dancing in Ballet Dortmund’s Corps de ballet she came back to join the Corps de ballet of the Stuttgart Ballet in the 2022/23 season.