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Memberships:
- National Writers Union UAW Local 1981/AFL-CIO
- Education Writers Association
- Editorial Freelancers Association
- Freelancers Union
- Greater Lansing Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Awards:
- Michigan NOCIRC: “Who Owns Benny?” honorable mention, essay category, 2004
- Rhetoric Society of America: Latino Rhetoric Workshop, competitive entry, 2013
- MSU Office of Inclusion: Chávez Community Service Award (w/Adelante Forward magazine), 2015
- Educational Writers Association: 68th Annual Seminar full travel scholarship, 2015
Volunteer Work (past and present):
- Commissioner (appointed), Lansing Sister Cities Commission, Guadalajara sub-committee
- Publicity Chair, Lansing Sister Cities Commission
- Campaign to Bring Chávez to Lansing Theatres
- Meals on Wheels (Eaton County, MI)
- ACTION Lansing (immigrants’ rights)
- SERO Project (HIV advocacy)
- Publicity Chair, Cristo Rey Church Fiesta
- Publicity for Lansing for César E. Chávez dinner/fundraiser
- Organizer, Waverly Middle School contingent to GVSU Latino Youth Conference
- Waverly Community Schools Human Growth & Development parent representative
- Waverly Community Schools Marketing Committee
- Waverly Community Schools PTO
- Latino Media Summit committee member, Michigan State University’s Samora Research Institute
- Judge, Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame (present)
- Waverly Education Foundation, volunteer (present)
