Academia
- “40 Under 40” Class of 2024, ODU Alumni Association
- Awarded to those alumni achieving exceptional feats and creating an indelible legacy before age 40
- Graduate Nursing Advocacy Award, Ellmer School of Nursing, ODU, 2024
- Awarded to the DNP student that has developed and implemented programs to improve the health and well-being of patients and populations.
- Chair’s Award, Ellmer School of Nursing, ODU, 2024
- Awarded to the DNP students with the highest GPA and scholastic achievement
- Interprofessional Community Healthcare Scholar, Ellmer School of Nursing, ODU, 2024
- Designation to prepare healthcare students to provide care to the community through exposure to diverse, rural, and underserved populations while optimizing the collaboration among different healthcare professions
- Honors Program, College of Nursing, University of Florida, 2011
- Dean’s List, University of Florida, Spring 2008
Honor Societies
- Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, ODU Circle Inductee, 2024
- Membership extended to those with an academic standing in the top 35% of your class and demonstrate leadership in one of the Five Pillars of Campus Life
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, Epsilon Chi Chapter Inductee, 2023
- Membership extended to those graduate-level nurses who’ve completed 1/4 of their program, a minimum 3.5 GPA, and surpass the expectation of academic integrity
- SALUTE Veterans National Honor Society, Old Dominion University Chapter Inductee, 2023
- Membership extended to graduate students who qualify as military/veteran student under locally-derived and maintained definitions, completed at least 9 credit hours, and hold at least a 3.5 GPA
- The Order of the Sword & Shield National Honor Society, University of South Florida Inductee, 2014
- Membership extended to those graduate students who’ve completed 1/2 of their program, a minimum 3.5 GPA, and recommended by a current member, dedicated exclusively to homeland security, intelligence, emergency management and all protective security disciplines
Professional
- Nurse Coach Fellowship, American Holistic Nursing Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC), 2024
- Fellows are selected to strengthen and expand the specialized role of nurse coaching by broadening sociocultural awareness in order to enhance AHNCC’s ability to provide optimal holistic care that is inclusive to all
- Holistic Nursing Rising Star Award, American Holistic Nurses Association, 2023
- Recognizes a new nurse who dedicates themselves to a holistic path, applies creative holistic practices, and epitomizes holism in their personal and professional life.
- Nurse in Washington Internship (NIWI) Grant Recipient, Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, 2022
- Selected out of >10K eligible members and sponsored to attend the NIWI, a three-day conference held annually in March in the Washington D.C. area that provided nurses and nursing students the opportunity to learn how to influence health care through the legislative and regulatory processes.
- Nightingale Challenge Leadership Development Program, Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, 2020
- Completed 12-month program facilitated by the AMSN that offered young nurses an opportunity to be part of a global movement that will equip and empower the next generation to be advocates in health.