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.