Senator Anitere Flores represents Senate District 38, which includes Kendall, Westchester, Fontainebleau, and portions of Southwest Miami-Dade County. Senator Flores graduated with a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Florida International University, and then received a J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. After law school, Senator Flores was hired by the Florida House of Representatives to work on the Education Council, and later worked for Governor Jeb Bush as his Education Policy Chief. Senator Flores served in the Florida House from 2004-2010. Prior to being elected a State Representative, she spent two years advocating for university students in her district as Director of State Relations for Florida International University.

During her career in the Florida House, Senator Flores served as Deputy Majority Leader, Chair of the PreK-12 Appropriations Committee, and Chair of the PreK-12 Policy Committee. She is the first Republican Hispanic woman to serve in the Florida Senate since 1989.

As a member of the Florida Senate, Senator Flores is the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and sits on the Budget Committee, Budget Subcommittee on Education PreK-12 Appropriations, Commerce and Tourism Committee, Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Committee, Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee, Reapportionment Committee, and Rules Committee.

Senator Flores also serves on various national and community boards. She is a member of the National Assessment Governing Board (a bipartisan board that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress-NAEP), the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (a leadership organization of the Hispanic elected and appointed public officials in the United States), the Board of Spectrum Programs, Inc. (a drug and mental health service organization), and Fun 4 Kidz Sprint to Success Advisory Committee (an organization that provides academic support for at risk students).

Senator Flores is married to Dustin Anderson of Sarasota, Florida and they have one son Máximo Monte Anderson. She is expecting baby number two in October, 2011.