Flores graduated from Lamar University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. He worked as an RN in hospital emergency, ICU, behavioral health, neurotrauma and rehabilitation departments. He graduated from the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston in 2009, and completed his specialty training in dental anesthesiology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine. He joined UNM’s Department of Dental Medicine in 2012. He is working toward a master’s of health care administration degree.