List of Awards
2019 State of Connecticut Artistic Excellence Award
2018 and 2016 International Latino Book Award Finalist, Best Poetry Book in English
2018 State of Connecticut Arts Hero Award
2017 State of Connecticut Book Award Finalist for Poetry
2016 Selected by CT Latino News as a “Champion of Change”
2015 Latino de Oro Award (Culture and Arts) from Identidad Latina Newspaper
2014 Coast Guard Academy Distinguished Faculty Award
2012 Fulbright Scholar
2009 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Outstanding Latino Faculty of the Year
2006 New England Association of Teachers of English Poet of the Year
2003 National Association for Multicultural Education Faculty of the Year (CT)