 "Georgia walked in, didn’t say a word, looked around very seriously and then turned to Maria and said, ‘Why can’t I have a room as beautiful as this.’ 

Upon leaving Nambe in 1956, Lefranc moved to Miami, Florida to care for her parents.She assumed the management of their real estate, invested in the stock market and eventually bought the second oldest house in Coconut Grove which she restored.Lefranc successfully sold her art, and exhibited at various museums throughout the United States while taking classes at the University of Miami to see what the "youngsters" were doing.