Erika Flores is an American actress. On House, M.D., she portrayed special needs teacher Sarah in the Season 5 episode Big Baby. Flores has been acting since she was 11 years old and got her first regular role at 14 as Colleen Cooper on Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman. She later left the show over a contract dispute and her role was taken by another actress. She is also famous in Star Trek lore for playing Melissa Flores (perhaps her own descendant), in the Next Generation episode "Disaster" where she played the oldest of the three children trapped in the turbolift with Captain Picard.