• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral M.D./Ph.D. or Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellowship (Parent F30) (2015-2019) 
• Invited Speaker, American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) North East Regional Meeting (2016) 
• Invited Speaker, Upstate Immunology Conference (2015) 
• eBiosciences Travel Award, Upstate Immunology Conference (2015)
• George Mayers Award for Academic Excellence, (2015)

• American Physician Scientists Association, Local Chapter President, Institutional Representative 
• Lighthouse Manager 
• American Medical Association, Medical Student Section

Cooking traditional Sicilian family recipes, hiking with my husband and our dog (a beagle mix), strength training and yoga

• Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo