The Luso-American Development Foundation Travel Grant to the second edition of the Summer School in Portugal for Teachers of Portuguese in the US, administered and certified by the University of the Azores, 2012

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University Travel Grant to the 94th Annual AATSP Conference in Porto Rico, 2012.

2010 Award for University Professor of Portuguese given by the Universidade dos Açores, Portugal and the Portuguese World Language Institute at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA in recognition of the work done in the advancement of the Portuguese language in the United States.

The Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University: Travel Grant to Brazil, 2008.

The Center for Brazilian Studies at Columbia University: Travel Grant to Brazil, 2007.

Council for European Studies at Columbia University: The Luso-American Development Foundation Fellowships for Research in Portugal, 2002.

American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (member of the National Portuguese Exam Committee)
American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese (member of the Board of Directors)
American Portuguese Studies Association
Fale Português (World-Wide Organization of PLE instructors)
Latin American Studies Association
Modern Language Association
Northeast Modern Language Association
Portuguese American Post-Graduate Society