2024 

• Arkansas' Inaugural Arkansas Fine Art Teacher of the Year 

• Recognized/Quoted in Dance Magazine- NHSDA - Empower your dancers to succeed

• Hot Springs Public School Foundaation Grant Awardee 

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2023

• Arkansas Featured Teacher of Month- Moving Arkansas Forward by Craig O'Neill 

• Hot Springs Youth Advisory Council Grant Awardee

• Hot Springs Public School Foundation Grant Awardee

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2022 

• ​Teacher of the Year, 1st Place, Hot Springs Sentinel Record

• 2022 Millennial Making a Difference, Hot Springs Sentinel Record 

• 2022 Into the Blue featured Scholarship Recipient and Arts Educator, THEA Foundation

• Hot Springs Youth Advisory Council Grant Awardee

• Hot Springs Public School Foundation Grant Awardee

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2021 

• Teacher of the Year, 1st Place, Hot Springs Sentinel Record

• Hot Springs Youth Advisory Council Grant Awardee

• Hot Springs Public School Foundation Grant Awardee

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2020 

• Top Ten Nominee of Greater Hot Springs' Woman of the Year 2020

• 2019-2020 Model Cornerstone Assessment Curriculum Writing for the ADE and National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (one of four in Arkansas)

• Arkansas Dance Network, President 

• Teacher of the Year, 2nd Place, Hot Springs Sentinel Record

• Hot Springs Youth Advisory Council Grant Awardee

• Hot Springs Public School Foundation Grant Awardee

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2019 

• Hot Springs World Class High School Teacher of the Year

• Teacher of the Year, 2nd Place, Hot Springs Sentinel Record

• Craig O’Neill’s Arkansan of the Day -  October 30, 2019 

• 2019 Team for re-writing the dance curriculum/standards for Arkansas Department of Education (July 2019) 

• Hot Springs Youth Advisory Council Grant Awardee

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2018 

• Reader's Choice Teacher of the Year, Hot Springs Sentinel Record 

• Young Tanzsommer, Stars of Tomorrow - Honored Dance Director

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2015

• ACANSA Avant Garde Honoree ​

• 2015 Nominee of Young Professional of the Year, Greater Hot Springs' Chamber of Commerce - Nominated for work as Director of Dance at Hot Springs School District Dance Director for 7-12, local dancer, choreographer, and educator

 

Oaklawn Foundation Scholar 

• Scholarship Awardee 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

 

Texas Christian University (2007-2011)

2011

• North Texas Dance Council Scholarship 

 

2010

• Original work, “Drowning” was chosen for the TCU Fine Arts Festival of Student Scholarship and Creativity

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2008-2011

• Nordan Fine Art Scholarship-most prestigious talent-based scholarship that TCU offers 

 

2007-2011

• Adrienne Miller Perner Scholarship for Ballet Majors 

 

2007 

• Thea Foundation Performing Arts Scholarship

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