I am grateful to receive recognition and support for my artistic and academic work.
- 2026 American Heritage Center Graduate Research Award for "Black, White, and Barbed Wire: The Story of Artist Estelle Ishigo."
- Best Essay for the Milkhouse Rural Writing Collective's 2025 Best in Rural Writing Contest
- Fulbright Creative Writing Research Award, Semi-Finalist, 2024, 2026
- Porch Prize Nonfiction Finalist, 2024
- John P. Ellbogen Graduate Teaching Award, 2024
- University of Wyoming Distinguished Graduate Scholar, 2024
- Neltje Center Writing Retreat, 2023, 2024
- Wyoming Creative Economy grant, 2023-2024
- Albany County History Society Award, 2023
- Japanese American Citizens League Henry & Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial Creative Arts Scholarship, 2022, 2023
- Zonta Woman of Promise award, 2022, 2023
- University of Wyoming College of Arts & Sciences Deans Graduate Scholar, 2023
- Center for Global Studies International Research Award, 2023, 2025
- Dick & Lynne Cheney Graduate Fellowship for Excellence in Study Abroad, 2023
- H.G. Merriam creative writing award, 2023
- American Heritage Center Research Travel Grant, 2023
- ASUW Childcare scholarship, 2023
- Pushcart Literary Prize nominee for "Heart Mountain," in High Desert Journal, 2022
- Roots, Wounds, Words, Inc. Penning My Pieces Writers Workshop, 2021
