My AAA Explorer story "Breaking the Grass Ceiling" won a 2024 Mark Twain Travel Journalist Award.
My AAA Explorer story "Birds of a Feather" won a 2023 1st Place Mark Twain Travel Journalist Award.
I won a 2022 Society of American Travel Writers Central States Writing Contest award in the category of Best Magazine Travel Article on an International Destination.
I won 1st place in the 2022 Mark Twain Journalist Contest Awards in the Midwest category.
I won a national Parenting Media Association award for service feature.
I am a proud member of the following organizations:
