Valdez (b. 1985, California, United States) received her BA in Anthropology and Art from the University of California, Davis in 2009, and her MFA in Painting from Boston University in 2013. Her work has been exhibited nationally at venues including Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR; North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC; Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, NC; Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, NC; New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, CT; The Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, CA; Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, in CA; University of La Verne, LA VERNE, CA; Cañada College in Redwood City, CA; Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco, CA and NYC; David B. Smith Gallery in Denver, CO; 1969 Gallery, Alexander Berggruen Gallery, and  James Cohan in New York, NY; and OCHI in Sun Valley, ID and Harper's in Los Angeles, CA.

Valdez’s work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Juxtapoz Magazine, New American Paintings, Artsy, and Artillery Magazine. Her work is included in various private and public collections such as the New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain, CT; The Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA; American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA; Xiao Museum in China; the Phyllis & Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art at Chapman University in Orange, CA; the Microsoft Art Collection in Seattle, WA; and Aritzia in Toronto, Canada.