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Tommy Tune Awards 2025
Outstanding Lead Performer Finalist - as Ursula in The Little Mermaid

Outstanding Actor Nomination - as Ursula in The Little Mermaid

Outstanding Singer Nomination - as Ursula in The Little Mermaid

 

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2025

HCDE Superintendent Art Award - 5 Minutes (Writer/Director/DP)

National Silver Medal - Plateau (Photographer)

Gold Key - Roasted; Stewed; Grilled; Braised; Pan-Seared (Photographer)

Silver Key - Altar (Photographer)

Silver Key - Proof of Life (Photographer)

 

YoungArts 2024
Winner in Film - Knock On Good (Writer/Director/DP)

Russo Brothers' 48-hour 'No Sleep 'til Film' Fest
Winner - Dear Nora (Cinematographer)

All-American High School Film Festival 2024
Best Sci-Fi Film Finalist - E-234 (Writer/Director)
Female Rising Star Award Finalist - Salmonella (Writer/Director/DP)
Maverick Award Finalist - Salmonella (Writer/Director/DP)
Best Cinematography Finalist - Pipi (Cinematographer)
Best Horror Finalist - Pipi (Cinematographer)

Best Emerging Talent Award Finalist - All Jumbled Up (Cinematographer)

Tommy Tune Awards 2024
Outstanding Lead Performer Finalist - as Fairy Godmother in Cinderella

Outstanding Actor Nomination - as Fairy Godmother in Cinderella

Outstanding Singer Nomination - as Fairy Godmother in Cinderella


Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 2024
National Gold Medal - Stale (Photographer)
Gold Key - Seventeen Years Three Months and Twelve Days (Photographer)
Gold Key - Pultrichtude (Photographer)
Gold Key - Salmonella (Writer/Director/DP)
Gold Key - Papilio (Writer/Director/DP)

Silver Key - E-234 (Co-Writer/Co-Director)

Silver Key - The Art of Failure (Writer/Director/DP)

Silver Key - Girls (Writer/Director/DP)

Honorable Mention - Götterdämmerung (Photographer)

Honorable Mention - There Is Nothing That Will Not Be Known (Photographer)

Honorable Mention - Dermis (Photographer)

Honorable Mention - Venetian Street Model (Photographer)

Honorable Mention - I’m Not Living; I’m Just Killing Time (Photographer)

Honorable Mention - Nature's Kiss (Photographer)


International Thespian Society
National Honor Thespian

Pegasus Film Festival 2023
Best Dramatic Film - Papilio (Writer/Director/DP)
Best Cinematography - Papilio (Writer/Director/DP)

Tommy Tune Awards 2023
Outstanding Dancer Nominee - As Woman #1 in The Hello Girls

Pegasus Film Festival 2022
Best Experimental Film - Girls (Writer/Director/DP)


Stagedoor Manor Awards 2022
Outstanding Supporting Actress Award - as Jolene in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Stagedoor Manor Awards 2021
Outstanding Lead Actress Award - as Cady Heron in Mean Girls

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