Ericka Valdez has six years of experience as a clinical research coordinator with 21 years with Texas Oncology as a pharmacy technician. Texas Oncology is an outpatient oncology practice with more than 200 locations across Texas. She obtained her PTCB certification in 1997, specializing in IV compounding in 2001 with the blood and marrow transplant unit. A paradigm change in 2010 lead to her role in clinical research as a pharmacy technician and later transitioning to her current position in 2016 as a clinical research coordinator II.