2020 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Translation of a Literary Work – Honorable Mention
2020 Firecracker Award for Fiction Finalist (with Fernanda Torres)
2018 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow
2016 Fulbright Fellow
2014 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant Winner
2014 Louis Armstrong House Resident
2010 Suburban Newspapers of America Award for In-Depth Journalism
2009 Association of Health Care Journalists Fellow