- Receiving the 2019 Multicultural Awareness Council Award from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Awards and Special Recognition: 2019 - Multicultural Awareness Council (MAC) Award of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) 2017 - Cincinnati Visitors Bureau, Wendell P. Dabney Award for Diversity 2010 - NAACP Art and Education Award 2007 - Cincinnati Who’s Who in Black Cincinnati for the Arts 2006 - Kenton County Award for Art Education 2006 - Leading Women Award for Art /Entertainment (Women Fund Greater Cincinnati Foundation) 2005 - YWCA Rising Star Recipient 2005 - Cincinnati Herald Nefertiti Award 2004 - Eye of the Artist Foundation “Dada Rafiki” Award 1997 - Outstanding Woman of America 1996 - Applause Image Maker Emerging Leader Recipient
Communities, Organizations and Boards: African Drum and Dance Ensemble Board Member (20yrs) Cincinnati Museum Center African Cultural Fest Committee (15yrs) Queen City Foundation Board Member, Cincinnati, Ohio (23yrs) Cincinnati Black Theater Company Advisor Board Member (10yrs) Member of the African American Chamber of Commerce (25yrs) Walnut Hills Area Council Board Member (8yrs) African American Museum Association member, National Organization (15yrs) American Association of Museum, National Organization (15yrs) Mason City Schools Diversity Committee Member (5yrs) Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Member of Cincinnati, Ohio (5yrs) Asian Chamber of Commerce Member of Cincinnati, Ohio (3yrs) Black Family Reunion Breakfast Committee and Chair of Art and Education Committee (10yrs) Ohio Independent School Diversity Committee Member (5yrs) National Association of Independent School - NAIS (5yrs) Urban League of Cincinnati Gala Committee Member (10yrs) Mason Art Area Art Council Member (5yrs) Walnut Hill Business Association (5yrs) Negro League of Woman Voters Member, National (5yrs) Cincinnati Art Museum Diversity Committee - (5yrs) Freedom Center – Youth Conference Planning Committee (7yrs) University of Cincinnati Community Engagement Planning Committee (4yrs) Freedom Center Martin Luther King Breakfast Committee (6yrs) University of Cincinnati Diversity Officer Round-table (4yrs) Boys Hope Girls Hope of Cincinnati (18yrs) Cincinnati Preschool Promise Board Member (3yrs) Walnut Hills Redevelopment Board (3yrs) Mayor’s Commission of Gender Equality (3yrs) Nrityarpana School of Performing Arts (7yrs)
