UCLA-trained educator, she became a “Most Distinguished Honorary” life member of MiraCosta College’s Phi Theta Kappa Chapter for her mentoring work in leadership and communication. With a grant from KOCT, she wrote, directed and hosted a TV mini-series on that group and others in North San Diego County, CA, which won a Telly Finalist’s Award. Her other accolades include stipends from Ford Foundation, Publishing University/Publishers and Writers of San Diego, Vermont Studio Center, National Audio Theatre Foundation, University of London, at Queen Mary College, England, Summer Literary Seminar in Montreal, Canada, and Virginia Center for the Arts in Auvillar, France.