Introduction

May 2011
Co-designed Voices Breaking Boundaries' art car Revolution that was awarded first prize in the Free Speech Category at the 2011 Houston Art Car Parade, Houston, USA.
June 2010
Accepted into Texas Commission on the Arts' Traveling Artist Roster , Austin, USA.
May 2009
Awarded membership to Sandra Cisneros' Macondo Writers' Workshop, San Antonio, USA.
Jan 2009
Honored by Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Nov 2008
Honored by Houston's First Lady Andrea White at her We Are All Neighbors luncheon, Houston, USA.
Jun 2007
Featured Poet on Border Senses, El Paso, USA.
Feb 2007
Honoree for community service and writing at Living Smart’s Annual conference, Channel 8, Houston PBS, Houston, USA
Jan 2007
Recipient of Houston Arts Alliance’s Creative Artist Award for excellence as an artist, Houston, USA.
Mar 2005
Conversationalist at Table-Talk, Annual luncheon hosted by Friends of Women’s Studies, University of Houston, Houston, USA.
Jan 2002
Creative Writing Award by Cultural Arts Council of Houston/ Houston County, Houston, USA.
Mar 1996
Creative Writing Award by Cultural Arts Council of Houston/ Houston County, Houston, USA.