After studying literature and art at USC, Bennington College and Parsons School of Design in Paris, Avra began a career in set decoration and shortly thereafter agreed to a brief stint as Marlon Brando’s personal assistant. This short term position evolved into an unexpected, inspiring and lifelong career alongside Mr. Brando. Avra helmed a vast array of responsibilities for Mr. Brando including helping him design structures for his hotel, co-writing screenplays, videotaping the filming of The Island of Dr. Moreau and assisting Mr. Brando as his dialogue coach on film sets. When Marlon Brando passed away in 2004, he made Avra one of three Executors of his Estate and she currently serves as a Trustee of his Trust as well as a board member of Tetiaroa Society. Avra is the proud mother of Molly Rose, a painter with autism and Stella, their Boston Terrier.