Awards and Honors


  • Presenter at National Education Association Symposium, Washington, DC. 2018

  • HEB Lifetime Achievement Award 2018

  • Rotary International Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award

  • Nominated as Outstanding Teacher of American History by TSSAR Chapter 64

  • Inducted into the CFISD Wall of Fame 2013, 2018

  • Special Congressional Recognition from US House of Representatives for “Outstanding and Innovative work” 2014 (Bronze medal- highest award for a civilian.)

  • ESL Secondary Teacher of the Year -Texas Association for Bilingual Education (TABE)

  • ESL Secondary Teacher of the Year -Suburban Houston Association for Bilingual Education (SHABE)

  • ESL Secondary Teacher of the Year- Cypress Fairbanks ISD

  • ESL Teacher of the Year –Cypress Falls High School

  • Bronze Good Citizenship medal-Robert Rankin Chapter #62 Sons of the Revolution

  • Teacher of the Year, Newcomer Center: Arlington, Texas.

  • Presenter at Texas Association of School Board Leadership Conference

  • Presenter at TexTesol Conferences. (Houston, Dallas, San Antonio)

  • Presented for Seidlitz, Conference and online

  • Presenter at VirtuEl Conference

  • Interviewed by YouSchool

  • Presenter at Klein ISD

  • Presenter: European Council of International Schools Conference- Germany

  • Keynote: Celebration of Teaching, Sam Houston University

  • Author: Santillana: Spain/Richmond Publishing England.

  • Keynote Speaker stateside and internationally