The Florida Association of Post-secondary Schools and Colleges (FAPSC) named Safian Faculty Member of the Year 2006–2007. Herzing College, Winter Park, honored her by naming her 2007 Teacher of the Year, and she was awarded the Faculty Scholarship Award – First Runner Up for the Herzing College System for 2006. She has published numerous books about coding and is one of the outpatient coding experts for HCPro's JustCoding.