Dr. Flores is an interdisciplinary researcher whose graduate training in political science, education, and urban planning influences her teaching, scholarship, and freelance work. She approaches education by examining campuses as communities, exploring the relationship between students and cities, and looking at connections between power, resistance, and justice. Her public writing has been featured in the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Ms. Magazine Blog, YES! Magazine, Progressive Planning Magazine, and other outlets where she offers critical analyses and ideas for action on topics including gender, justice, politics, pedagogies, campus sexual assault, for-profit schools, and more.