She then attended the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, receiving her Juris Doctor in 2001.

In 2004, incumbent State Representative Gaston Cantens declined to seek re-election in the 114th District, which stretched from University Park to South Miami Heights in Miami-Dade County.

With Cantens's endorsement, Flores ran in the Republican primary to succeed him, facing former State Representative Carlos A. Manrique, Victor Bao, Joel Bello, Lisa Sacco, and Luis E. Orta.

Flores won the primary handily, receiving 56% of the vote,[1] and advanced to the general election, where she faced businesswoman and Kendall community council member Millie Herrera,[2] the Democratic nominee.

When State Senator J. Alex Villalobos was unable to seek re-election due to term limits, Flores ran to succeed him in the 38th District, which stretched from Doral to Homestead.

In the Senate, she championed several issues important to South Florida, including working towards finding affordable options for property insurance.

[9][10] During the opening of the 2018 Florida Legislative Session, Flores and Democratic Florida legislator Oscar Braynon jointly apologized for an extramarital affair they had, which had been made public when an anonymous website uploaded a video showing Flores entering and leaving Braynon's apartment on multiple occasions.