AWARDS:
Women in The Visual Arts (WITVA), Russell JCC Gallery Miami, 2nd Place Prize/ Purple Haze
Cornell Art Museum 2024: Honorable Mention/ Wish You Were Here
NAWA/National Association of Women Artists Authentic Image Juried Exhibit 2023: Honorable Mention/ Life in Southern India
Schuman Museum Gallery, NAWA Juried Exhibit 2023: 2nd Place Winner/2nd Place Prize, Moment of Light
Mills Pond Gallery 2022: 1st Place/ Winner: RBG
Mills Pond Gallery 2021: 2nd Place/ 2nd Prize: Eruption!
Regional Center for Women in the Arts 2021: 1st Place/1st Prize: The Spoken Word
Firefly Gallery Juried Exhibit 2020: Awarded Honorable Mention: Moment of Light
Fulbright Scholarship Recipient 2002: Selected by the US and Japanese governments. Collaborated with an artist/teacher in Japan to a create a mural on canvas that was requested by the White House for the Presidential Library in the White House
Disney Teacher Award 2004: One of 39 winners from 150,000 nominees across America and the only teacher to represent The Fine Arts
USA Today Teacher of the Year 2006: Awarded for Excellence in Teaching
Robert Rauschenberg Power of Art Award 2001 : Represented New York as one of 50 artists/ art educators selected by Rauschenberg to study with him and James Rosenquist at the Lab School in Washington, DC
New York State Art Teacher of the Year/Long Island 2000: Awarded for "Professional Excellence in the Field of Art Education"
New York Academy for Teaching and Learning Award 2003: In recognition of lessons that served as exemplars for the New York State Standards in Visual Arts
Building Bridges with Art Award 2010: A grant for collaborative art paintings that brought together artists from different ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds
PUBLICATIONS:
Rest in Power! The Life, Legacy & Mission of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stola Contemporary Gallery, Amazon Books
Limner Gallery Magazine Publication/ Fall 2020
Artios Gallery , New York, Hardcopy Art of Being Alone Catalogue
Today I Made a Difference/A Collection of Inspirational Stories from America's top Educators, F&W Media, Inc.
Best Practices/What Award Winning Teachers Do, Corwin Publishing Company
American Teacher Heroes in the Classroom, Welcome Books