2023
Distinguished Book Award, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 44
William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award, Florida Education Fund (FEF), McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program
Distinguished Early Career Contributions to Qualitative Inquiry Award, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 5
2022
Emerging Professional- Contributions to Research Award, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 45
2021
Distinguished Contribution to Ethnic Minority Issues, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 44
Early Career Award for Contribution to LGBT Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 17
National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity’s (NCFDD) Faculty Success Program Grant, University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2020
Leadership Development Institute (LDI) Fellow, Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests (CNPAAEMI) Leadership Fellow
National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity’s (NCFDD) Faculty Success Program Grant, University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Barbara Smith-Jewell E. Horvat Early Career Award for Research with Queer Individuals of Color, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 45
2019
Presidential Citation, National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA)
Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship on Race and Ethnicity Award, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 17 Section on Ethnic and Racial Diversity (SERD)
2018
Barbara Smith-Jewell E. Horvat Graduate Student Award for Research with Queer Individuals of Color, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 45
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, The Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP)
Distinguished Student Contribution, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 44
2017
LGBT Outstanding Graduate Student Award, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 17, LGBT Section
Division 44 Student Research Travel Award- Intersectionality Area, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 44
2016
Presidential (Group) Citation for Leadership of Orgullo (LGBTQ+ Special Interest Group), National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA)
Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) Psychology Summer Institute (PSI), American Psychological Association (APA)
Dr. Richard A. Rodriguez Division 44 Student Travel Award, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 44
Arvle and Ellen Turner Thacker Dissertation Award, University of Kentucky
2015
Multicultural Student Professional Development Award, Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA)
2014
Lyman T. Johnson (LTJ) Fellowship, University of Kentucky
Bethe Korfhage, PhD Fellowship in Educational and Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky, College of Education
2012
Mark Blum Memorial Scholarship, Florida International University
Robert R. Bellamy Scholarship, Florida International University