Honors:

• Riveter Honorable Mention Award, 2008. Given for commitment in excellence and quality service at the Museum of Flight.
• Orion’s Belt Award, 2007. Given for extraordinary achievement through teamwork at the Museum of Flight.
• Esther Kinsley Dissertation Award nominee, 2005. Award given to the best Ph.D. Dissertation in Indiana University.
• J & F Morgan Swain Fellowship, 2002. $600 given by the Indiana University Astronomy Department to dissertation students.
• McCormick Research Grant, 2002. $2500 given by the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences.
• Women in Science Program Research Day 2002. First place in poster presentation, graduate division.
• Distinction award and departmental honors at graduation, 1997.
• Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society. Member since 1997.
• Golden Key National Honor Society. Member since 1996.
• High Scholastic Achievement Diploma at Indiana University, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.
• Wrubel Scholarship awardee, 1994. $1000 given by Indiana University and the Wrubel Foundation.
• Fundacite (Venezuelan Science and Technology Foundation) Scholarship awardee, 1992.
• Galileo Scholarship awardee, 1991. Given by the Venezuelan government to fully cover undergraduate tuition at Indiana University.