Awards

I'm beyond honored and thrilled to share that I'm a 2023 Coca-Cola Scholar!

I'm so excited to be part of the Coca-Cola Scholars family and join the Coca-Cola Scholar Community of visonary leaders and game changers!

The 2023 YoungArts winners list is now online, and I'm thrilled to be included alongside these other exceptional writers! I'm so happy to be a part of the @youngarts community now and can't wait for all of the opportunities ahead. Congratulations to all!

Awards & Honors List

International Youth Eco Hero Award Winner
YoungArts National Winner Spoken Word
National Double Gold Medalist for Scholastic Art and Writing: Poetry & Science Fiction 21’ 22’ at Carnegie Hall
2023 Coca-Cola Scholar

National New York Life Writing Award Winner 21’
- One of the 3 teen writers in the nation chosen for this writing award out of 150k
- $1000 scholarship & special interview and ceremony
  - - - EPA’s Presidential Environmental Youth Award Winner
Nationally-Ranked Top 100 Girls in the US for Chess (19’ 20’ 21’ 22’)(Ages 13, 14, 15, 16)
AP Scholar with Distinction 21’ 22' (Taken 22 APs passing all exams with 5's and 4's) (10th and 11th grade)
Iowa Young Writers Studio Writing Program
NSDA Student of the Year 2023 Lone Star District
Double-Qualified National Speech and Debate Info and POI
National John Muir Association Youth Conservation Award Winner
Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation (INTEL co-founders) Full-Tuition Grant to pursue research (environmental sciences & biochemistry) 22’
National AJAS/AAAS Conference Presenter
International Conference on Yeast and Biology in Amsterdam, Netherlands Speaker/Presenter
Selected as a speaker for EarthX (International Environmental Organization) 21’
Discovery Education & USC Shoah National Stronger Than Hate Challenge 1st place Winner 21’ (Poetry) ($6000)
Harvard Club at NYC Researcher Presenter ($200 Award)
$5,000 Claes Nobel Academic Excellence Scholarship 2022
Texas Junior Academy of Science 1st place - Environmental Science
National Billy Michal Student Leadership Award Winner WWII Museum 21’
Nationally Selected for Ford’s Theatre 2022-2023 Showcase
Invited to Harvard Club of NYC to present research
National Bridges Collaborative Student Contest 1st place Winner 2022 (for Team Motley)
Anthony Quinn Young Writers Scholarship Winner (All Expense Paid to any Writing Program)
National Leyla Beban Authors Foundation Award Winner ($50 + Published in BlueFire)
1st Place JYEM Research Competition
Grand Prize 3rd Place JYEM Finals Research
State Champion National History Day 2018’ 2022’
- State 2nd & 3rd place (19’ 21’)
Top 24 National Harvard Speech and Debate Tournament
PTSA Literature Award of Excellence 21’ 22’
State Holocaust and Genocide Commission Poetry Champion 18’ 19’ 20’
Plano ISD Dr. Myrtle HighTower Diversity and Leadership Award Winner 2022 (for Motley)
One of Four students selected for Lone Star storytelling at Dr Pepper Arena
Women In Debate Scholarship Award Winner
Presidential Volunteer Service Award Gold (100+ hours of volunteer service)
National NSF First Place Intermediate Brain Bee Champion
State Rice University Brain Bee - 3rd Place
Frisco Performing Arts Center Poetry Slam Champion
Congressional App Challenge Honoree
TFA Speech Triple State Qualified 22’
District Rotary Speech Champion 22’
- Plano West Club Rotary Speech Champion 22’
- PSHS Prelim-Round qualifier
NSDA Double Qualified 2022 (POI and OO)
University of Washington Neuroscience Haiku Writing Champion
NRA Civil Rights Defense Essay Contest Winner
Prepared Speaking HOSA Area 3 Champion 20’
National Individual Tournament of Champions (NIETOC) Triple Qualifier in Original Oratory, Program Oral Interpretation, and Dramatic Interpretation 22’
TCA Region III Chess Championship 3rd Place