• First place for Feature Writing in the 2006 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest.
• Second place for Writing in the 2006 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest.
• Second place for Arts and Entertainment coverage in the 2006 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest.
• Awarded 2006 California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship through the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Journalism.
• First place for Lifestyle coverage in the 2005 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest.
• First place for Feature Writing in the 2005 Associated Press News Executive Council awards.
• First place for Lifestyle coverage in the 2004 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest.
• First place for Arts and Entertainment coverage in the 2003 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest.
• Third place for Feature Writing in the 2004 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest.

HONORS & MEMBERSHIPS

• Member of the Association of Health Care Journalists since 2006.
• Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, inducted April 2005.
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude from California State University, Sacramento, 2004.
• Member of National Association of Hispanic Journalists since 2003.
• Member of Lampda Pi Eta Honor Society, inducted October 2003.
• Graduated with highest honors from Solano Community College, 2000.
• Member of Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, inducted March 2000.