FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, SELECTIONS & GRANTS
2021
UCLA Department of History – Doctoral Summer Research Fellowship Award
Mellon Mays Institute for Citizens & Scholars – Dissertation Travel and Research Grant Recipient $5,000
Center for European and Russian Studies – Summer Dissertation Research Fellowship $5,000
Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Film Festival – Eternos Indocumentados Official Selection
2020
UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program Recipient $6000
Central American Studies (CAS) – Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Travel Grant Recipient
UC-Cuba Academic Initiative Research Fellowship
2019
UCLA Center for Women’s Study Travel Grant Recipient
UC-Cuba Academic Initiative Research Fellowship
FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Summer Fellowship for Nahuatl Language Study
2018
Davis-Putter Scholarship Recipient $10,000
FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Summer Fellowship for Nahuatl Language Study
2017
Critical Refugee Studies Collective Grant for Eternos Indocumentados Documentary Project $10,000
UCLA Department of History 5-Year Graduate Fellowship
2016
Liberty Hill Foundation Berta Wolfe Fund for Community Service Award Recipient $6,500
Central American International Film Festival (CAIFF) – Children of the Diaspora Official Selection
2015
Harvard University Schlesinger Library Oral History $3,000 Grant for “The Eternally Undocumented”
Latin American Perspectives (LAP) Film Archive – Children of the Diaspora Official Selection
2014
Culture Unplugged Film Festival – Children of the Diaspora Official Selection
2013
USEU Special Recognition for “Children of the Diaspora: For Peace & Democracy” Film Tour
Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Merit-Based Tuition Scholarship
Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization Conference Travel Grant (Los Angeles, California)
Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Research Grant
2012
Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Dean’s Scholarship
Syracuse University Department of History Research Travel Grant (San Salvador, El Salvador)
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Mellon Mays Conference Travel Grant (Austin, Texas)
Mellon Mays Conference Travel Grant (Seattle, Washington)
2011
UCLA Rosalind W. Alcott Scholarship (scholarship for 2 outstanding Political Science students), College Honors
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Mellon Mays Summer Research Travel Grant (San Salvador, El Salvador)
UCLA Department of Political Science Conference Travel Grant Recipient (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
UCLA Department of Political Science Conference Travel Grant (Austin, Texas)
Scholar of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2010
UCLA Dean’s Honor Roll
Columbia University Leadership Alliance Research Fellowship
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Ronald McNair Sophomore Summer Research Fellowship
UCLA Advanced Academic Placement Junior Scholar
Scholar of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Organization
2009
UCLA Dean’s Honor Roll
Institute of Shipboard Education Semester at Sea Diversity Merit-Based Tuition Scholarship
National Association of Hispanic Journalists Community Projects Scholarship
Scholar of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Organization
California Chicano News Media Association Youth Award
2008
Salvadoran American Leadership Education Fund (SALEF) Scholarship for 1st generation college students
UCLA Latino Alumni Association Merit-Based Scholarship
UCLA National Merit Scholarship
California Chicano News Media Association Youth Award
California Hispanic Heritage Journalism Youth Award (Silver Medalist)
California Regional “Hoy” Cover Design Competition 2nd Place Recipient
2004-2008
High Tech High Los Angeles: High Honor Roll 2004-2008, awards in Journalism (2006-2008), History (2008), Calculus (2008), English (2005)
