Honors & Awards
(Slate Roof Press) Chapbook Contest – Honorable Mention, 2024
(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