The Institute on Teaching and Mentoring 2009 Awardee (all expenses for registration, lodging and travel awarded), sponsored by The Compact for Faculty Diversity, Arlington, Virginia, Fall 2009.
Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), $3,000 Research Grant, Purdue University, Indiana, Fall 2009.
Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Scholar, $3,000 Scholarship, Purdue University, Indiana, Fall 2009.
Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Scholar, $3,000 Scholarship, Purdue University, Indiana, Summer 2009.
Purdue Research Foundation Assistantship Grant (annual salary for a Ph.D. Student ~$16,000), Purdue University, Indiana, 2009 – 2010.
SACNAS Midwest Regional Meeting Proposals submitted to SACNAS National Office ($3,000), Latino Cultural Center/Chase Bank ($2,000), and Proctor and Gamble ($1,000), Purdue University, Indiana, 2009.
Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Scholar, $3,000 Scholarship, Purdue University, Indiana, Spring 2009.
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), National Conference Financial Aid Award (all expenses for lodging and travel awarded), 2008.
Best Poster Graduate Presentation, Latino Scholar Forum, Purdue University, Indiana, 2008 (includes a $500 Travel Scholarship Award).
Best Oral Graduate Student Presentation, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), National Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 2007 (includes a $500 Scholarship Award).
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), National Conference Financial Aid Award (all expenses for lodging and travel awarded), 2007.
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), National Board of Director (Graduate Member), 2007-2009.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for Undergraduate General Chemistry Laboratory (CHM111), Purdue University, Indiana, Fall 2007.
John A. Curtis Lecture Award for best paper presentation in the CoED session of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, 2006
Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Fellowship (one year total award package of ~$54,000), 2006.
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), National Conference Financial Aid Award (all expenses for lodging and travel awarded), 2006.
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Purdue Chapter, National Conference Registration, and Transportation Fees Aid Award (registration fees and transportation fees awarded), 2006.
NACME – Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority Fellowship in Chemistry (one year total award package of $15,000), 2002 – 2003.
Puerto Rico Graduate Teaching Fellowship in K-12 Education (PR-GK12) (one year total award package of $25,000), 2001 – 2002.
I. M. Kolthoff Enrichment Award from the ACS-Division of Analytical Chemistry, 1998.
Puerto Rico Collaborative for Excellence (PR-CETP) in Teacher Preparation Undergraduate Scholarship ($800 per semester), 1998 – 2000.
Louis Stokes – Alliance for Minority (LS-AMP) Participation Undergraduate Teaching and Research Scholarship ($800 per semester including summer), 1997 – 2000.