Problem Using Back4App/Parse with React Native (Expo)

I’m trying out Back4App with React Native Expo and I keep getting a TypeError associated with the Parse.initialize statement. If I comment this statement, the app loads well in the simulator, but once the statement is uncommented, the error is thrown.

" ERROR TypeError: attempted to use private field on non-instance, js engine: hermes "

My App.js:

import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View, SafeAreaView, Button, TextInput } from 'react-native';
import { useState } from 'react';
import Parse from 'parse/react-native.js';
import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';

Parse.setAsyncStorage(AsyncStorage);
Parse.serverURL = 'https://parseapi.back4app.com/';
Parse.initialize("xxxxxxxxxx","xxxxxxxxx");



export default function App() {
  const [todoTitle, setTodoTitle] = useState("");
  return (
    <SafeAreaView>
      <StatusBar style="auto" />
      <View style={styles.container}>
        <View style={styles.header}>
          <Text style={styles.headerText}>My Todo List</Text>
          <Text style={styles.descriptionText}>List of activities I need to accomplish</Text>
        </View>
        <View style={styles.formContainer}>
          <TextInput placeholder="Add a new todo" onChangeText={setTodoTitle} style={styles.input} />
          <Button title="Add" />
        </View>
      </View>
    </SafeAreaView>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    
    backgroundColor: '#fff',
    marginTop: StatusBar.height
  },
  header: {
    height: 200,
    backgroundColor: "blue",
    justifyContent: "center",
    alignItems: "center",
    padding: 15,
  },
  headerText: {
    color: "white",
    fontSize: 30,
    marginBottom: 10,
    fontWeight: "bold",
  },
  descriptionText: {
    color: "white",
    fontSize: 20,
  },
  formContainer: {
    backgroundColor: "lightblue",
    padding: 20,
  },
  formText: {
    fontWeight: "bold",
    fontSize: 15,
  },
  input: {
    backgroundColor: "white",
    padding: 10,
    marginBottom: 10,
    borderRadius: 5,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: "lightblue",
  }
});

Any help will be highly appreciated.

I tried to redo the app in snack.expo.dev but kept getting the error that "the module parse/react-native.js cannot be resolved". Just wanted to see if my dev setup was causing the problem.