Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Educator in Teaching Award, University of San Francisco Education Alumni Society
- Distinguished Dissertation, Doctoral Research Award, University of San Francisco
- J. Russell Kent Award for Exemplary Program in ESL, County of San Mateo, California
- Bilingual Fellowship Grant, United States Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
- Kathleen McCue Kelly Women of Vision Award, Notre Dame High School Alumni Society, California
- Foreign Language Award, Alpha Mu Gamma, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California
- Award of Excellence in Teaching, Mason-McDuffie Education Foundation of the Bay Area, California
- Board of Directors, Mission Reading Clinic, San Francisco, California