Verdeflor was born in the Philippines and lived in
Singapore when she was young. She moved to the United States with her family when she was three years old. She holds dual citizenship and chose to represent her birth country in international competitions.
Junior elite Verdeflor made her international debut at the 2014 Nadia Comaneci Invitational and finished fifth in the all-around and won the gold medal on the uneven bars. She competed at the 2014 Junior Asian Championships in
Tashkent,
Uzbekistan, and placed 12th in the all-around, securing a qualifying spot to the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. She represented the
Philippines at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and was the oldest female artistic gymnast in the competition. She advanced into the
all-around final and placed 11th. She also advanced into the
uneven bars final, where she finished sixth.
Senior elite Verdeflor became
age-eligible for senior competitions in 2015. At the
2015 Southeast Asian Games, she helped the Philippines team win the bronze medal behind Malaysia and Singapore. She advanced into the
all-around final and finished in fourth place. She then won a silver medal in the
uneven bars final. She then competed at the
2015 World Championships and finished 122nd in the all-around during the qualification round. This was the final competition of her international elite career.
NCAA Verdeflor joined the
Penn State gymnastics team starting in the 2018 season and had not competed in two years due to two
ACL tears. She competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam throughout her four seasons and scored a career high of 9.950 on the uneven bars during her senior season. For the 2019 and 2020 seasons, she was a WCGA Academic All-American and an Academic All-Big Ten team member. Her final competition was the 2021 NCAA Morgantown Regional where she scored a 9.925 on the uneven bars but did not advance to the NCAA Championships. She was a nominee for the 2021 AAI Award which is for the most outstanding senior in NCAA women's gymnastics. == References ==