2017 USDA E. Kika de la Garza Fellowship

2014 Lifetime Faculty Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Research, University of Houston

2014 Texas Society for Public Health Education Faculty Award

2013 Distinguished Nationaly Known Health Professional Award, American Public Health Association Latino Caucus for Public Health

2012 Heroe is Health Education awarded by the Society for Public Health Education

2012 Finalist Kathryn Stream for Excellence in Women's Health, Texas Medical Center, Women's Health Network

2012 The Obesity Society Fellow

2011 Faculty Research Excellence Award, University of Hosuton (Senior Faculty Category)