2011-recognized by the Examiner.com for the See-what Productions & Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble co-production of Digging up the Dirt by Cherríe Moraga as Best Director(s) and Best Actress. 

2010-nominated and co-awarded the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation Award

2010-awarded a National Performance Network Creation Fund Award for the development and premiere of a new work: Jotalogues.

2010-nominated by the L.A. Weekly for Best Solo Performance in Bruising for Besos

2009-selected as a Campus Pride LGBT Top 25 Hot List

2009-recipient of The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center's  L.A.C.E. Award in the Arts & Entertainment category

2009-nominated in Theatre for The Alpert Award in the Arts
 
2008-awarded an Artist-in-Residence grant by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

2008-nominated and selected as Mejor Unipersonal de Premios Sin Limite Award-NY (Best Solo Performance)

2008-honored by the CSULA Women's Center for community contributions during International Women's Day

2007-nominated by the L.A. Weekly for Best Solo Performance in Mastering Sex & Tortillas! (2006)

2007-awarded an Artist-in-Residence grant by the City of Los Angeles
Department of Cultural Affairs

2007-awarded a C.O.L.A Fellowship in Solo Performance by the City of Los Angeles
Department of Cultural Affairs

2005-selected for the Hijas de Coyolxauqui National Queer Arts exhibit

2003-selected as a PEN USA Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellow

2002-honored as one of the national queer activists of the year by
Tentaciones Magazine

2002-selected as a writer for the Best American Erotica Series

2001-named Best Theater Director by the Dallas Observer

2001-The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea selected as one of the top 10 productions of the year by the Dallas Morning News

2001-nominated for a Leon Rabin Award (Best Actress Category)

2000-selected as a Backstage West Honorable Mention for co-adaptation of Blood Wedding

1999-nominated for a Jeffrey Award (Best Actress Category)