MAJOR AWARDS

2020 Gitner Prize Awarded from RIT’s College of Art & Design, shared with my colleague Jenn Poggi, for our pro-bono work with Special Olympics New York.

2020 Robin F. Garland National Educator Award from the National Press Photographers Association

2017 Gitner Prize Awarded from the CIAS (now CAD) for pro-bono work for the Special Olympics International

2014 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference creative competition, for Migración Interna

2013 Carnegie Hero Award For saving three people from drowning in Lake Superior

2012 NPPA Humanitarian Award For saving three people from drowning in Lake Superior

2012 Society of Professional Journalists (Bay Area Chapter) Journalism Innovation Prize

2010 PhotoPhilanthropy Grand Prize Professional Winner

2010 Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 1st Place Feature Picture

2010 Runner-up Kentucky News Photographer of the Year

2009 Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 1st Place Documentary

2009 Casey Medals 1st Place Multimedia

2006 Best of Photojournalism NPPA Photographer of the Year for markets under 115,000 circulation publications