Introduction

awards

June 2010
Accepted into Texas Commission on the Arts' Traveling Artist Roster, Austin, USA.
May 2009
Accepted into Sandra Cisneros' Macondo Writers' Workshop, San Antonio, USA.
Jan 2009
Honored by Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Nov 2008
Honored by Houston's First Lady Andrea White at her We Are All Neighbors luncheon, Houston, USA.
Jun 2007
Featured Poet on Border Senses, El Paso, USA.
Feb 2007
Honoree for community service and writing at Living Smart’s Annual conference, Channel 8, Houston PBS, Houston, USA
Dec 2006
Recipient of Houston Arts Alliance’s Creative Artist Award for excellence as an artist, Houston, USA.
Mar  2005
Conversationalist at Table-Talk, Annual luncheon hosted by Friends of Women’s Studies, University of Houston, Houston, USA.
Oct 2003
Honorary poet, Houston Poetry Fest, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, USA.
Jan 2002
Creative Writing Award by Houstons Cultural Ats Council of Houston/ Houston County, Houston, USA.
Mar 1996
Creative Writing Award by Houstons Cultural Ats Council of Houston/ Houston County, Houston, USA.