Recognition

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS (SELECTED)

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External Support

Crossing Latinidades Humanities Initiative, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant (Co-Investigator, 2022)

• Awarded $110,000 to form a Latinx climate justice research working group across three universities

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Crossing Latinidades Humanities Initiative, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship (2022)

• Awarded to $30,000 to support dissertation research on philanthropic community development

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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy & ACSP Case Study Award (Co-PI, 2023)

• Awarded $2,000 to turn environmental injustice and housing precarity research into a case study for educators​

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Community Development Society Ted Bradshaw Student Research Award (2023)

• Awarded $1,000 to support dissertation research on philanthropic community development

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Crossing Latinidades Humanities Initiative, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant (Co-Investigator, 2022)

• Awarded $110,000 to form a Latinx climate justice research working group across three universities

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Crossing Latinidades Humanities Initiative, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship (2022)

• Awarded to $30,000 to support dissertation research on philanthropic community development

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American Planning Association Texas North Central Section Planning Scholarship (2022)

• Awarded $1,000 to support dissertation research on philanthropic community development

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American Planning Association Texas Midwest Section Planning Scholarship (2022)

• Awarded $1,000 to support dissertation research on philanthropic community development

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Institutional Support

 

UC San Diego School of Social Sciences Research Grant (Co-Investigator, 2025)

• Awarded $23,375 to perform geospatial analysis of homeless encampment locations in Downtown San Diego

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UT Arlington Interdisciplinary Research Program (Co-Investigator, 2023)

• Awarded $20,000 to examine participatory governance and environmental justice in informal neighborhoods

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UT Arlington I-Engage Mentoring Program Research Stipend (2023)

• Awarded $3,000 to train a first-generation undergraduate student in participatory action research

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UT Arlington Geisel Grant (Co-Investigator, 2022)

• Awarded $7,000 to study housing precarity and adaptation in informal subdivisions

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UT Arlington Center for Mexican American Studies Pat Brandenburg Graduate Student Scholarship (2021)

• Awarded $2,500 to support dissertation research on philanthropic community development

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UT Arlington CAPPA Dean's Distinguished Assistantship Fellowship (2020-2022)

• Awarded $22,000 a year to support dissertation research

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HONORS & AWARDS (SELECTED)

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External Recognition

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Community Development Society Current Research Award (2025)

• ​Awarded for contribution of participatory action research in housing informality to the field of community development

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Community Development Society Student Recognition Award (2023)

• ​Awarded for contribution to field of community development through theoretical work on philanthropic community development and contribution to the Society by co-founding Student Chapter

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International Society for Third-Sector Research 3-Minute Thesis Competition (Honorable Mention, 2022)​

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American Planning Association Economic Development Division Holzheimer Scholarship (Honorable Mention, 2021)

• Runner-up award for paper on attention to craft brewery dispersion on economic development policy

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Institutional Support

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UC San Diego Div. of Grad. Education and Postdoctoral Affairs DEI Certificate of Appreciation (2025)

• One of forty-seven graduate student and postdoctoral scholar across campus acknowledged for advancing DEI

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UT Arlington Graduate Student Employee of the Year (2023)

• ​Chosen from all graduate student employees across campus

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