2023 Awardee, Bakersfield College Norman Levan Faculty Colloquium Speaker 2021/22 Nominee, Samuel W. McCall Outstanding Professor of the Year Award Given annually to a Bakersfield CollegeFaculty 2022 Awarded, Democratic Women of Kern Member of the Month January 8 2021 Graduate, California School Board Association, Master in Governance Program (MIG) 2021 Bakersfield College Person-Up OER Online Course Certification (Small Group Communication) 2020/21 Cohort One, Bakersfield College Level-Up Online Teaching Program 2019/20 Nominee, Samuel W. McCall Outstanding Professor of the Year Award Given annually to a Bakersfield CollegeFaculty 2019/20 Fellow, Community College Faculty fellow, Stanford University Global Studies with Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) 2019 Fellow, Bakersfield College Social Justice Cohort sponsored by National Endowment Humanities 2018 Fellow, Bakersfield College Social Justice Cohort sponsored by National Endowment Humanities 2017 Certified, Intermediate Canvas for Instructors Bakersfield Community College 2016 Fellow, Faculty Leadership Cohort California State University, Bakersfield 2015 Certified Introductory I/II, Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States 2015 Courses Certified by California State University, Quality Matters (QM) Committee 2012 Certified Safe Zone Ally, California State University, Bakersfield 2011 Certified, American Disability Act compliant faculty California State University, Bakersfield 2011 Fellow, Community Engagement and Career Education California State University, Bakersfield 2011 Fellow, Assessment Institute for Accreditation California State Univ., Bakersfield 2010 Certified Online Teacher, California State University, Bakersfield Teaching & Learning Center 2004 "Spirit of Communication" The Communication Studies Department, California State University Northridge 2003 Undergraduate Fellow, National Hispanic Institute Washington DC