Board Member, California State University, East Bay Alumni Association, 2018-2020

Fellow, Emerging Arts Professionals, 2017-2018

Fellow, Lambda Literary Writers Retreat, Summer 2016

Fellow, The Steinbeck Fellows Program of San José State University, 2015-2016   

Finalist, The Iowa Review’s Annual Writing Contest, Nonfiction, 2015

Finalist, The Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows Program, 2015-2016

Fellow, The San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, 2014-2015

Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, December 2013

Winner, San Miguel Writer's Conference Writing Contest in Creative Nonfiction, January 2013

Selected Participant, Summer Creative Writing Program, UC Berkeley, April 2012

Finalist, The Iowa Review’s Annual Writing Contest, Nonfiction, 2011

The Agnes Butler Scholarship for Literary Excellence, Saint Mary’s College of California, 2010-2011

The Park Scholarship, Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, 2010

Selected Participant, The Voices Of Our Nation (VONA) Summer Writing Workshops, 2010

The Victoria Hudson MFA Scholarship, San Francisco Writers Conference, 2010

The Jim Townsend Scholarship for Excellence in Creative Writing, Saint Mary's College of California, 2009-2010