2018 Rotary Educator of the Year, Tiburon, California—Social Justice Work in Education 2017 Arts Educator of the Year, Tiburon Arts & Heritage Commission--Poetry Program and related Curriculum 2014 Lion & Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry, John Hopkins University Press, Kindergarde 2011 Pushcart Prize Nominee, Lullaby Best of Class, Free Verse Poetry Award, Marin County Juried Contest--Lullaby 2010 Creative Work Fund Grant for Kindergarde: Avant-garde Poems, Plays, Stories, and Songs publication and associated performances Best of Class, Free Verse Poetry Award, Marin County Juried Contest--For Middle Schoolers and Other Maligned Citizens 2006 Marin Arts Council Individual Artist’s Grant: Poetry/Creative Nonfiction Project “Q" 2005 Zeum: Artist/Teacher in Residence for OUR WATER US & CHINA COLLABORATIVE EXHIBIT, San Francisco 2003 RACE TO THE RECALL: Gubernatorial Debate #3 Arts Advocate & Constituent 34:27 2002 California Arts Council Individual Artist Grant: Poetry Yolo County Grant Recipient: Poetry in Alternative Education 2001 California Arts Council Arts-In-Education Grant, Lead Artist The Power of Poetry, Calaveras County 2000 Peninsula Community Foundation Grant Recipient--Curren¢y 1999 Zellerbach Family Fund Grant Recipient—LINK Peninsula Community Foundation Grant Recipient--All The Words On Money 1998 Departmental Honors Awarded, SFSU Creative Writing Joseph Henry Jackson Award for Poetry from the San Francisco Foundation Zellerbach Family Fund Grant Recipient—LINK Mark Linenthal Award, Transfer Magazine, Volume 76 Academy of American Poets Award—1st Place; Judged by Paul Hoover 1997 Ann Fields Poetry Contest—1st Place Winner; Judged by Norma Cole 3rd Place in the Browning Society's Dramatic Monologue Contest 1996 Ann Fields Poetry Contest—2nd Place Winner Finalist in the Browning Society's Dramatic Monologue Contest 1995 Finalist in the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s Annual Poetry Contest