Fellowships

FIU Presidential Fellowship, 2021-2025

USDA Hispanic-Serving Institution, 2019-2020 

​AWARDS          ~$45,000 TOTAL​

• 2023-2025 USDA SSARE Graduate Student Grant, PI, $16,358 Research Grant

• 2025/21 GCA Corliss Knapp Horticulture Award, $6,000 Research Grant

• 2024/25 Greater Miami Jewish Federation, $3,000 Student Grant

• 2025/23/21 Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, $9,000 Research Grant

• 2023 Agroecology Travel Award, Ecological Society of America Meeting

• 2023 Les Real & Jim Brown Student Travel Award, Ecological Society of America Meeting

• 2022 Best Master’s Thesis   

• CASE Achievement Award

• 2022 Florida Vegetation Management Association, $1,500 Research Grant

• 2021/22 Kelly Foundation Tropical Botany Scholarship, $1,000 Research Grant

• 2021 First Prize Torrey Botanical Society Graduate Fellowship, $2,500 Research Grant

• 2021 Sigma Xi Grants-In-Aid of Research Award, $1,000 Research Grant

• 2020/21 National Garden Club, $4,000 Scholarship

• 2020/21 Deep South Garden Clubs,  $3,500 Scholarship

• 2020 Agri Council UF/IFAS TREC Mango Forum, Research Grant   

• Tropical Fern and Exotic Plant Society, 2019 Scholarship Recipient

HONORS    

• 2022 Botanical Society of America Conference, 1st Place Poster in Ecology

• 2022 UGS Excellence Award, 1st Place State Scholarly Forum Conference

• 2025/21/20 FIU Earth and Environment Symposium, 1st Best Poster & Best Talk 

• 2022 Best Interdisciplinary Proposal, “Food Access and Sustainability”, FIU Global Studies

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS    

• UCF Honors College

• Undergraduate Research Showcase 1st Place Poster

• UCF Summa Cum Laude

• Public Land Corps Certificate

• UCF Deans List (4 Semesters)

• Florida Bright Future Academic Scholar

• UCF President’s Honor Roll (2 Semesters)

• UCF Silver Pegasus Award