Edward R. Murrow Award | The Radio Television Digital News Association | AJ+: Direct From: Puerto Rico – 2020
Capital Regional Emmy® Award | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | AJ+: Inside a Deaf School’s Fight for Civil Rights – 2019
Lone Star Regional Emmy® Award| National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | AJ+: How do Deaf people experience music? – 2019
Northern California Regional Emmy® Award | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | AJ+: How Chop Suey Saved Chinatown – 2018
Telly Award | Silver |AJ+: Why is the Navy Exploding Bombs in Puerto Rico – 2020
Telly Award | Silver |AJ+: Deaf in America – 2019
Telly Award | Silver |AJ+: Chinese Food: An All American Cuisine – 2019
Telly Award | Silver |AJ+: Alaska Natives: Our Fight to Survive – 2019
Telly Award | Bronze |AJ+: Guam: A U.S. Colony – 2019
Society of Professional Journalists NorCal | Excellence in Journalism Award | AJ+: How Do Deaf People Experience Music? – 2019
Society of Professional Journalists NorCal | Excellence in Journalism Award | AJ+:My Big Fat Indian Wedding (In America) – 2019
Society of Professional Journalists NorCal | Excellence in Journalism Award | AJ+: Life As A Turban-Wearing American Trucker – 2019
Society of Professional Journalists | Excellence in Journalism for long-form storytelling | AJ+: Chinese Food: An All American Cuisine – 2018
National Association of Black Journalists | Digital Media Feature Online Project | AJ+: Inside Chicago – 2018
Webby Awards Honoree | Film & Video | AJ+: Chinese Food: An All American Cuisine – 2018
Webby Awards | Honorable Mention | AJ+: “Ayotzinapa Student Killings Ignite Mexico and the Internet” – 2015
CINE | Golden Eagle Award Finalist | AJ+: Chinese Food: An All American Cuisine – 2018
Asian American Journalists Association | Student Fellowship – 2010
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism | Deans Fellowship – 2009
Judging Roles
News and Documentary Emmy® Awards | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | Judge – 2023, 2020
Sports Emmy® Awards | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | Judge – 2021, 2022
International Documentary Association Awards | Short Series Jury Judge – 2019
Fellowships
Women’s Leadership Accelerator Cohort | Online News Association | 2019
FilmHouse Residency | San Francisco Film Society | 2015
National MediaMaker Fellow | Bay Area Video Coalition | 2015
- Fellow at Full Frame Film Festival, North Carolina
- Fellow at Firelight/BAVC/KQED Retreat
Grants Received
Glassbreaker Films | Women in Docs Grant – 2018
Women in Film, LA | Finishing Fund – 2018
Berkeley Film Foundation | Documentary Film Grant – 2016
Fleishhacker Foundation | Art & Culture Grant Recipient – 2017
City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program | Individual Artists Project Support Program – 2016, 2015
Puffin Foundation | Video, Film and Radio Grant – 2016
East Bay Community Foundation | Fund for Artists – 2014
Asian American Journalists Association | Convention Grant – 2013
Film Festivals
LA Asian Pacific Film Festival | Official Selection – 2019
SFFILM | Official Selection – 2018
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival | Official Selection – 2018
San Diego Latino Film Festival | Official Selection – 2018
San Francisco Latino Film Festival | Official Selection – 2018
CAAMFest | Official Selection – 2018
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival | Official Selection – 2018