2021: Recipient of the Karen and Lester Gerhardt Prize in Science and Engineering (1982)- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2021: Recipient of the Thomas Archibald Price (1964) – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2020: Recipient of the WTS Helene M. Overly/ Leonard Braun Graduate Scholarship

2020: Recipient of the Bayer Scholarship at INFORMS

2020: MIF Scholarship to attend INFORMS Annual Meeting and Doctoral Student Colloquia

2019: MIT CEE Rising Stars alumni

2019: Runner up (second place) at the 3-Minute Thesis Competition, RPI

2018: Eno Fellow – Eno Center for Transportation

2017: Edelman Award Finalist for “The New York City Off-Hour Deliveries Program: A Business and Community-Friendly Sustainability Program”

2017-2019: Investigador Junior (Junior Researcher) recognition by COLCIENCIAS 

2014-2019: Colfuturo-Colciencias Scholar for the Atlántico Region

2009: Master Thesis Laureate 

2007: Meritorious Undergraduate Final Project

2006: Citizenship Award presented by the Radio Station "Los Fundadores"

2002: Omicron Delta Kappa- Emerging Leader Award, Oglethorpe University

2001: Paul Harris Fellow - Rotary International Honor

2001-2002: Georgia Rotary Student Scholar

• Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)

  • POMS Latin American Chapter

  • POMS College of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management

• Transportation Research Board

• • • Member of the Standing Committee on Freight Transportation Data (2021-present)

    • Member of the Standing Committee on Disaster Response, Emergency Evacuations, and Business Continuity -- AMR20 (2018-2025)

  • INFORMS

    • Minority Issues Forum, Role: Junior VP of the Programs Committee 

    • Women in OR/MS

  • NECTAR (Network on European Communications and Transport Activity Research)

  • Women in Transportation Seminar (WTS)