Awards and Honors
2024. National Leading While Female Award
2024 CABE District Administrator of the Year
2023 Woman of Distinction Award, 34th Senate District, Senator Thomas J. Umberg
2023 Woman of Distinction Award, 67th Assembly District, Sharon Quirk-Silva
2023 CABE Chapter of the Year: CABE Riverside Chapter #6, President
2023 Writer-CABE Seal of Excellence Award for Anaheim High School
2022 Writer -CSBA Golden Bell for AUHSD Saturday Language Academy
2022 Mosaic Inclusivity Excellence Award
2021 Writer-CSBA Golden Bell for AUHSD Civic Leadership Institute
2020 Writer-CSBA Golden Bell for AUHSD Anaheim Innovative Mentoring
2020 Woman of Distinction Award, 34th Senate District, Senator Thomas J. Umberg
2020 CSUF Honor An Educator Award
2019 Writer-CSBA Golden Bell for AUHSD Dual Language Immersion Programs
2019 Writer-CSBA Golden Bell for AUHSD Summer Language Academy
2019 ACSA Region 17 Valuing Diversity Administrator of the Year Award
2019 OCDE Civic & Family Engagement Award-AUHSD
2019 ALTA/AUHSD ACSA Charter Valuing Diversity Award
2018 International Korean Education Network (IKEN) Award
2018 Asian World Media Award for Contributions to the Vietnamese Community
2018 OCDE Cultural & Linguistic Responsiveness Award-AUHSD SLA
2017 Writer-CSBA Golden Bell Award for WSD Vietnamese DLI
2017 Doctoral Student Research Merit Award, Doctoral Program ULV
2017 OCDE County Awardee Celebrating English Learner Success
2016 Barona Mission Group of Indians Grant Award $5,000 for Vietnamese DLI
2016 District of Distinction Award for Vietnamese Dual Language Program
2015 White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics “Bright Spot” Award For WSD English Learner Program
2013 California Association for Bilingual Education State Teacher of the Year
2013 University of Salamanca, Spain-International Courses Scholarship
2012 RCOE & CABE Bilingual Educators Succeeding Together Teacher of the Year
2003-04 CNUSD District & Stallings Elementary School Teacher of the Year