(2013) Ohio Arts Council Artist of Excellence - for Film
(March 2014) poems "Connection." "Touch" - in anthology "The Burden of Light: Poems on Illness and Loss"
(October 2013) Tedx Talk
(February 2014) poem "Warning" published in LA Review
(2013) story "East of East" published in Southern Indiana Review, winner of Thomas A. Wilhelmus prize for best essay; shortlisted on Best Essays of 2013.
(2019)
TEDx Talk - "Why Simple Is Not The Answer" - TEDx Tours
(2014) Ohio Arts Council Artist of Excellence - for Poetry