Awards

2024 | Ph.D. Teaching Promise Award, Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions

2022 | Dean’s PhD. Student Research Award

2022 | Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange, U.S. Department of State’s  Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

2021–2022 | Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions Full-Time Research Fellowship

2021 | Rawley Silver Award for Excellence, American Art Therapy Association

2020–2021 | Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions Full-Time Research Fellowship

2019–2020 | Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions Full-Time Research Fellowship

2017 | NYU Steinhardt Undergraduate and Master’s Students Research and Creative Project Award

Professional Service

2024–Present | Board of Directors Member and Treasurer of Florida Art Therapy Association.

2024–Present | Exhibition Committee, Department of Art and Design, The University of Tampa

2024–Present | Undergraduate Research and Inquiry Committee, Department of Art and Design, The University of Tampa

2024–Present | Faculty Search Committee, Department of Art and Design, The University of Tampa

2020–2022 | Board of Directors Member, Jobs Research Chair, and Social Action Task Force Leader of Pennsylvania Art Therapy Association.