Summary
Valerie Flores is a software engineer with eight years of experience combining full-stack development and teaching—currently building software at Flint Hills Resources while previously tutoring and TAing for Trilogy and UC extension programs. She brings practical expertise across the MERN stack (Node.js, React/React-Native, MongoDB) plus SQL, HTML/CSS and JavaScript, and has shipped a dozen+ independent web applications and tooling projects. Her background in property management and a BFA in Music inform a user-focused, creative approach to problem solving and team communication. Valerie frequently mentors students and peers, translating complex concepts into hands-on projects like web scrapers, games, and API-driven apps. She balances production work with freelance contracts and maintains an active portfolio of deployable apps—demonstrating both solo initiative and collaborative delivery. Based in Wichita, Kansas, she blends practical engineering with teaching experience to accelerate team ramp-up and user-centered features.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Certification in Full Stack Web Developement, Full Stack Web Development, Certification in Full Stack Web Developement, Full Stack Web Development at University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Music, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Music at Wichita State University