2025

Vermont Studio Center Fellowship

Periplus Fellowship with Nicole Chung

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Christina Chiu AAPI Writers Fellowship

2024

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library Brown Handler Writer’s Residency

Finalist for The Kenyon Review Poetry Contest judged by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Finalist for The Kenyon Review Developmental Editing Fellowship in Nonfiction

Semifinalist for the Beloit Poetry Journal Adrienne Rich Award judged by Marilyn Chin

Longlist for the Momus Critical Writing Fellowship

Longlist for Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Nonfiction Contest

2023

Bread Loaf Katharine Bakeless Nason Contributor Award in Nonfiction

Zellerbach Award

The Ruby Residency

Finalist for the New Letters Poetry Contest judged by Cortney Charleston

Finalist for the Fugue Prose Contest judged by Lidia Yuknavitch

Notable Essay in The Best American Essays edited by Vivian Gornick

2022

Winner of Fractured Lit Anthology Contest judged by Deesha Philyaw

Rooted & Written Fellowship

Longleaf Writers Conference Scholar

Unlock Her Potential Mentee with Marya Spence

2021

Winner of The Sewanee Review Nonfiction Contest judged by Stephanie Danler

Tin House Scholar

Lighthouse Fellowship Runner-Up judged by Amitava Kumar

San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artists Grant

Theatre Bay Area Grant

Gotham Writers Manuscript-to-Market Scholarship

A Public Space Scholarship

2019

Kearny Street Workshop Fellowship with Tongo Eisen-Martin, Elaine Castillo, Marga Gomez

2016

Rethinking Schools Magazine’s “Our Picks for Books for Social Justice Teaching: Policy”