Dr. Flotte is a Harvard-trained ethnographer and applied anthropologist. She is a UT-Austin alumnus, graduating Magna Cum Laude and receiving the Dean's Distinguished Graduate Award for her thesis, the highest award in the College of Liberal Arts. Dr. Flotte holds a Ph.D. in Sociocultural Anthropology from Harvard University. Her doctoral dissertation was an ethnographic and humanitarian project that analyzed complex issues of immigration enforcement, humanitarian aid, and migrant mobility in Central America, Mexico, and the United States. 

Since the founding of her company, Dr. Flotte has worked with educational institutions, museums, galleries, foundations, and civil organizations including the Big Bend Conservation Alliance, JUDD Foundation, The Center for Cultural Power, People of La Junta for Preservation, The Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas, Marfa Public Radio, among several others.

Dr. Flotte is also a Justice Fellow for the American Bird Conservancy (2024-2025). She writes stories about birds and Native American knowledge-keeping, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), and land preservation in the Big Bend Region. 

Dr. Flotte is also an Adjunct Instructor for the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of Texas at El Paso.