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Professional Recognition, Fellowships, and Awards

Grants

External Grants

• Co-Investigator
  October 2024 – August 2026
  UTEP’s Hispanic Servingness Program for Equity in Student Health and Success, U.S. Department of Education (DOE). Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) Program. Total Award: $3,000,000.

• Co-Investigator
  November 2024 – May 2025
  A community-engaged mixed-methods approach to understanding the service delivery needs of working-age people from racial/ethnic minority groups who have Long COVID (LC) and are interacting with SSA disability and state vocational rehabilitation (VR) systems, Social Security Administration. Total Award: $59,503.
  [Terminated due to President’s Executive Order]

• Principal Investigator (PI)
  August 2021
  Challenges and Resources in Developing Researcher Identity: Women of Color in Counselor Education and Supervision Programs. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). ACES Research Grant. Total Award: $2,211.

• Principal Investigator (PI)
  April 2021
  The Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Burnout among Counselors-in-Training. Korean Counseling Association – International Chapter (KCA-IC). KCA-IC 2021 Research Grant. Total Award: $250.

• Principal Investigator (PI)
  July 2020
  The Practice of Feminist Supervision in South Korea: Implications for Counselor Educators. North Central Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES). NCACES Research Grant. Total Award: $500.

• Awardee
  March 2019
  Exploring a sacred taboo: Christian Privilege. Korean Counseling Association – International Chapter (KCA-IC). KCA-IC Travel Grant. Total Award: $150.

• Awardee
  June 2017
  KCA Travel Grant Award for Potential Leaders in the Counseling Profession. Korean Counseling Association (KCA). Total Award: $1,500.

Internal Grants

• Co-Investigator
  2026
  Transforming Engineering Internship Experiences through Co-Mentoring Circles.
  University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Total Award: $25,000.

• Principal Investigator (PI)
  2025–2026
  Enhancing Post-Traumatic Growth in the Paso del Norte Region: Initiating a Partnership between UTEP and Community Counseling Centers.
  The UTEP Center for Investigator Training and Community Engagement in Transdisciplinary Minority Health Disparities Research Pilot Project Program, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Total Award: $50,000.

• Principal Investigator (PI)
  2025–2026
  Using EEG to Examine Cognitive and Emotional Responses to Erroneous AI-Based Suicide Risk Predictions.
  Venture Fund, College of Education, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Total Award: $5,000.

• Co-Investigator
  2024–2025
  Building Collaborative Teams between the UTEP and the UTRGV.
  The Associate Deans of Research at the College of Education, UTEP and the College of Education and P-16 Integration, UTRGV, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Total Award: $6,000.

• Awardee
  2018–2022
  Office of the Dean Graduate Student Travel Grant. Mary Bywater Cross and Robert Newman Fund and Edna Jones Johnson Memorial Fund, The University of Iowa (UI). Total Award: $900.

• Awardee
  2019–2021
  Graduate Student Research Grant. College of Education, The University of Iowa (UI). Total Award: $1,000.

• Awardee
  2018–2021
  Audrey Qualls Travel Grant. Audrey Qualls Memorial Fund, managed by the Iowa Testing Program, The University of Iowa (UI). Total Award: $900.

• Awardee
  March 2021
  Graduate College / Graduate Student Senate Virtual Conference Grant. College of Education, The University of Iowa (UI). Total Award: $99.

• Awardee
  December 2019
  Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) Travel Grant. College of Education, The University of Iowa (UI). Total Award: $250.

• Awardee
  March 2019
  Graduate Student Senate (GSS) Travel Grant. College of Education, The University of Iowa (UI). Total Award: $750.

• Awardee
  December 2018
  Sally and Ken Mason Travel Grant. International Programs, The University of Iowa (UI). Total Award: $500.

Professional Recognition, Fellowships, and Awards

• Inaugural ACES Grant Academy Fellow
  Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
  September 2024
  Selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the ACES Grant Academy. Received professional development, community support, and mentorship focused on grant writing and research development during the 2024–2025 academic year.

• U.S.-Mexico Faculty Collaboration Fellowship
  The University of Texas at El Paso (PI: Dr. Paul Carrola)
  August 2023
  Received $20,000 in funding to support collaborative research on domestic violence in Ciudad Juárez, including training initiatives and expanded partnerships between UTEP and UACJ.

• Dean’s Achievement Award, College of Education
  Center for Inclusive Academic Excellence, The University of Iowa
  May 2022
  Selected as the recipient of the annual Dean’s Achievement Award in recognition of academic and professional excellence.

• Member of the Month
  American Counseling Association of Iowa
  August 2021
  Nominated by a peer and featured as ACA of Iowa’s Member of the Month, sharing a professional bio and career vision with the community.

• 2021 Beck Institute Student Scholarship Recipient
  Beck Institute
  May 2021
  Awarded full scholarship to attend the Student and Early Career Professional Workshop: CBT for Depression and Suicide.

• Richard L. Sanner Graduate Scholarship
  The University of Iowa
  March 2021
  Received a $2,000 scholarship supporting graduate students in the College of Education.

• Graduate Student Scholarship
  Korean Evangelical Holiness Church
  2019 – 2022
  Awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarships to support emerging faith-based leaders pursuing graduate education abroad.