Awards and Achievements

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