2022-2023 - Mellon Applied History Fellow at the Center of the American West

2020 - Inducted into the Honor Society Foundation

2019 - Blue Mesa Review Contest Nonfiction Prize Winner with “Border Sisters”

2019 - Distinguished Donor Hispanic 100 Latina Giving Circle

2019 - Inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society

2018 - Junior League of Collin County Excellence in Volunteer Service Awards nominee

2017 - Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Graduate Student Nonfiction Prize winner

2015 - Named one of the 10 Most Influential Women in Dallas by LG Events

2015 - Saluted for community service by Women That Soar

2014 - Named Spokesperson for AdvoCare’s New Skin Care Line and received a $30,000 grant for a non-profit program preventing sex trafficking in Dallas.