Awards/Activities

  • President’s Work Study Award (2020–2021) University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Dorothy M. Chun Fellowship, Applied Linguistics & Education (2019-2020) University of California, Santa Barbara

  • UCSB Centrally Administered Dissertation Fellowship (2018-2019) University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Dissertation Fellowship, Education Department (2017-2018) University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Priscilla and Susan Drum Memorial Endowed Fellowship (2017) University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Block Grant (2013-2021) University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Chicano Studies Institute Dissertation Fellowship (2016) University of California, Santa Barbara

  • The National Honor Scholarship (2016) The Embassy of South Korea

  • Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship (Honorable Mention, 2014, 2015) Ford Foundation

  • Dean’s Ambassadors Circle Fellowship (2013) University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Merit Scholarship for MATESOL (2012-2013) Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

  • Merit Scholarship for MPA (2008-2010) Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

  • Presidential Scholarship (2004-2008) Dordt University

  • The National Scholars Honor Society: The National Scholars Award of Achievement

  • Nonacademic Publication: Guideposts Magazine Korea, “Where Are You From?” January, 2008; “Strong Heart” April, 2010

  • IdeaFest Presentation, Dordt University: “An Alternative Strand,” 2007; “The Remittances of Overseas Filipino Workers,” 2007

  • Purple Martin Writing Contest: “Like Mother, Like Daughter,” 2004; “A Rainbow in Everyone’s Heart,” 2008

  • CATESOL Volunteer, 2012

  • Memberships: AAAL, AERA, TESOL, CATESOL, KAC, Silicon Valley Microfinance Network