During the years in the States, Slioor worked as a reporter and photographer, living in San Francisco. She met, interviewed, and photographed various public figures, including Ronald Reagan, Robert F. Kennedy, Henry Miller, Bing Crosby, Harry Belafonte, and Rita Hayworth, and sent numerous reportages from the States to be published in "Jallu" magazine in Finland, appearing on the "Jallu" covers with the likes of Tom McCall, Nelson Rockefeller, and Spiro Agnew. Slioor also reported from San Quentin Prison, being the first reporter allowed to photograph the prison freely, and made work trips to other parts of the States, including Chicago.