Scholarships
- 2010 Recipient: Caroline M. Hewins Scholarship from Hartford Public Library
- 2009 Recipient: Alice L. Haltom Educational Fund Scholarship Award
- 2008 Recipient: Sarah Rebecca Reed Scholarship for Beginning Professional Education from Beta Phi Mu
- President’s Scholarship, Pace University
- Pforzheimer Honors College Scholarship, Pace University
- Jephson Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- New York State Higher Education Services Corporation, Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Honors
- Member, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society (2008 to present)
- Dean’s List, First Honors, GPA 3.96, Pace University (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
- Fellow, Dyson Society of Fellows (2006, 2007, 2008)
- Poem selected by Alice Quinn, Poetry editor of The New Yorker Magazine
“Invisible” featured on The Next Big Thing radio program (2002)
Awards
- The Mary and Bill Heyden Prize in Creative Writing (2008)
- Billie and Curtis Owens Award for Poetry, Pace English Department, Third Place (2008)
- English Award for Academic Excellence, Pace University (2008)
- Pace University Excellence in Research Award (2008)
- Writing Enhanced Course Award: Girls on Film (2007)
- Critical Writing, English Department Writing Contest, Second Place, Pace University (2006)
- Writing Enhanced Course Award: New York City Great Metropolis 1898 to the Present (2005)
- Finalist “Poetry in Motion” contest sponsored by the Poetry Society of America (2002)
- Manhattan Finalist New York City Storytelling Festival (2001 and 2002)