Honors & Awards

  • (North Carolina Poetry Society) Poetry of Courage Award Award – Honorable Mention, 2024

  • (Hidden River Arts) – The Willow Run Poetry Book Award – Semi-finalist, 2024

  • (Allingham Arts Festival) Allingham Poetry Competition – Highly Commended, 2023

  • (Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition) – International Merit Award Winner, 2023

  • (Right 2 Write Poetry Slam Festival) Haiku Battle – Semi-finalist, 2023

  • (Kallisto Gaia Press) Saguaro Poetry Prize – Finalist, 2023

  • (Creative Writing Ink) Creative Writing Ink Poetry Prize – Winner, 2023

  • (Pulp Literature) Magpie Award for Poetry – Longlisted, 2023

  • (Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference) Katharine Bakeless Nason Scholar, 2023

  • (Aesthetica) Creative Writing Award – Shortlisted, 2022

  • (North Carolina Poetry Society) Alice Osborn Poetry Written for Children Award – 2nd place, 2022

  • (Palm Beach Poetry Festival) – Thomas Lux Scholar, 2022

  • (Aesthetica) Creative Writing Award – Shortlisted, 2021

  • (River Heron Review) Poetry Prize – Shortlisted, 2021

  • (Fresno State University) Art Song Festival Poetry Competition – First Place, 2021

  • (North Carolina Poetry Society) Bloodroot Haiku Award – Honorable Mention, 2017

  • (Palm Beach County School District) Beginning Teacher of the Year, 2016

  • (Poets of the Palm Beaches) Monthly Reading Contest – First Place 2x, 2015

  • (U.S. Fulbright Program) English Teaching Assistantship in Malaysia, 2014

  • (University of South Florida) Music Education Award – Winner, 2011

  • (South Florida Musicians Association) MPF Music Performance Fund Scholarship – Winner, 2008