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"Notable Writer," Outfest Screenwriting Lab, 2022

Latino Media Market Fellow (National Associatino for Latino Independent Producers), 2022

Diverse Voices Screenwriting Lab (Quarterfinalist), 2022

Ojalá Ignition Lab Fellowship (Finalist), 2021

Stanford Pride Award of Merit, Stanford Alumni Association, 2021

“LGBTQ Writers in Schools” Featured Author, NYC Department of Education, 2021-

Faculty Research Grant, CSWS, University of Oregon, 2021

Queer Hero Award, Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GALPN), 2021

Creative Arts Summer Stipend, Office of the Provost, University of Oregon, 2021

Sesame Workshop Writer’s Room Fellowship, 2020

HBO Latino/ Official Latino Short Film Competition Winner, 2019

Imagen Award ("Best Short Film"), The Imagen Foundation, 2019

International Latino Book Award (Best Children’s Picture Book in English), 2019

International Latino Book Award (Best First Book—Children and Youth—Bilingual), 2019

Jury Award for Best Short Film, Long Beach Queer Film Festival, 2019

Jury Award for Best Youth Short, Seattle Queer Film Festival, 2019

Jury Award for Best Short Film, Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival, 2019

Jury Award for Best Motion Picture Short Narrative, La Frontera Queer Film Fest, 2019

Award of Excellence, Accolade Global Film Competition, 2019

NFA Artist Grant, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, 2019

Rainbow List, American Library Association, 2019

Fund for Faculty Excellence Award, Office of the Provost, 2018

Faculty Research Award, Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, 2018 

Faculty Research Grant, Center for the Study of Women and Society, 2018

Project Grant, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, 2018

Latinx Studies Seed Grant, Center for Latina/o and Latin American Studies, 2018

Emerging Scholar Award, Diverse Magazine, 2015

Best Book Award (Finalist), Lambda Literary Foundation, 2013

Best Book Award (Winner), Lambda Literary Foundation, 2012

Career Enhancement Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 2009 

Future of Minority Studies (FMS) Summer Institute Fellowship, Cornell University, 2009

Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1999

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, 1996