Awards

Writing/ Filmmaking:

2023-2024, Unearthed Film Project Grantee (1 of 3 Hoosier filmmakers awarded by Indiana Humanities to produce documentaries.)

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2022, Wrote and Directed Short that Received Exceptional Merit Award at the WRPN Women’s International Film Festival 

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2022, featured Screenwriter/filmmaker at the Reading Film Festival

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2022, featured Screenwriter/filmmaker at the Shawna Shea Film Festival

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2022, featured Screenwriter/filmmaker at the Lysistrata Comedy and Film Festival

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2019-2020, Individual Advancement Program Grant in Literature 

(Middle Grade Novel from the Indiana Arts Commission)

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2018, Featured Editor/Director for movie that premiered at the Directed by Women Global Film Festival

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2017, Featured Editor/Director for movie that premiered at the Praxis International Film Festival

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2016, Featured Editor/Director for movie that premiered at the Indiana Dunes International Film Festival

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2015, Featured Director at the EL Cid Comedic Shorts Festival 

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2014, Sundance International Filmmaker Award (Adapter/ Translator)

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2010, Featured Writer/Director at the LA Women in the Arts Festival Narrative Premiere

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2005, David Letterman Award ($5,000 Scholarship for original screenplay)

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Community Work

2019, American Planning Award-Outstanding Grassroots Initiative 

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2018, Urban League of NWI Award for Diversity and Inclusion Award

2018, Partners for Clean Air Annual Bicycling Actions Award for the State of IN

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2016, NWI Influential Women Finalist

 

​2016, American Planning Award for Outstanding Public Outreach