Awards

• Elgin Heinz Teacher Award, 2015
• Robert J. Ludwig Distinguished Leadership Award, October, 2014
• Outstanding Teacher of America Award by Carlston Family Foundation, November, 2013
• PacTin Grant Recipient, 2012
• Congressional Record 112th Congress presented by Congressman Sam Farr, California State University, Monterey Bay, March, 2012
• Outstanding World Language Teacher of the Year by International Language and Culture Foundation, Monterey, CA 2011
• 2012 ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year. Denver, Colorado, 2011
• Teacher of the Year at Southwest Conference of Language Teachers. Fort Worth, Texas, 2011
• Outstanding Teacher Award at California Language Teachers Association Conference. San Diego, 2010
• The Teacher of the Year by JACL (Japanese American Citizens League), 2005
• The Educator of the Year by the California League of High Schools, 2004
• Ericia Harden Memorial Teaching Excellence Award, 2003