2019 Nomination for the Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary -

Sculpture Awards, International Sculpture Center

2019 Nomination for the Dedalus Foundation Fellowship, Dedalus Foundation

2018, 2019 Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia Scholarship, The New York Academy of Art

2017, 2018, 2019 LCU Fund for Women’s Education Scholarship, LCU Fund for Women’s Edu.

2017, 2018 The Academy Scholar Award, The New York Academy of Art

2017 BFA Thesis Exhibition Best in Show, Adelphi University 

2017 Hugh A. Wilson Award Excellence in Art, Adelphi University

2016, 2017 Alpha Epsilon Phi Foundation Scholarship, Alpha Epsilon Phi Foundation

2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Peter Lipman-Wulf Scholarship, Adelphi University

2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Dean’s Talent Award, Adelphi University 

2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Recognition Award, Adelphi University

2024 (Upcoming) Solo Show, Lithuanian Alliance of America Gallery, New York, NY

2023 The Ripening, Pen + Brush, New York, NY

2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Tribeca Ball, The New York Academy of Art, New York, N

Paddle8, Online Auction curated by Beth Redmond, Paddle8 Website

New York Academy of Art Alumni: Summer Exhibition, SHIM, SHIM Art Network Website

Wabi-Sabi, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Phantasmagoria Sculpture Lobby Exhibition, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2018 Summer Studio Exhibition, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

The Mayfly,  sTudio 7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, NY

Tribeca Ball, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2018 Forensic Sculpture Workshop, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2018 Deck The Walls, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2017 Seriously Satire, The New You Academy of Art, New York, NY

Deck The Walls, The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

A Celebration of Women Who Make a Difference, The LCU Fund for Women’s Education, New York, NY

Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, New York, NY

BFA Thesis Exhibition, Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Gallery, Garden City, NY

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and the Fourth R - Reimagine, COPE NYC, Brooklyn, NY

2016 A Lasting Presence, Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Gallery, Garden City, NY

  Construct/Deconstruct, Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Gallery, Garden City, NY

2015 Pop-swap, Adelphi University Ruth S. Harvey University Center Gallery, Garden City NY

SHIM. “2019 NYAA Thesis Exhibition Presentation” SHIM Art Network, Upcoming 2019, www.artsy.net/.

Paddle8. “Tribeca Ball Preview Auction” Paddle8, 19.Mar. 2019, https://paddle8.com/auction/nyaa-tribeca-ball/.

NowThis, and Reuters. “Art Students Create Busts from Skulls Found Along U.S.-Mexico Border”

NowThis, 13 Mar. 2018, www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/1859838250772957/.

Valdez, Linda. “Valdez: Border Deaths Reveal Something Positive about Us (for Once)”

Azcentral, The Republic | Azcentral.com, 13 Mar. 2018, www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/

lindavaldez/2018/03/13/border-deaths-name-face-immigration-debate/417499002/.

The Washington Post. “NYC Art Students Mold Clay into Faces of Dead, Nameless Migrants”

The Washington Post, WP Company, 10 Mar. 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/ny-art-

students-mold-clay-into-faces-of-dead-nameless-migrants/

2018/03/10/7d1c2574-23f6-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_video.html?utm_term=.856aacf02ce1.

USA Today. “NY Art Students Mold Clay into Faces of Dead, Nameless Migrants”

USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 9 Mar. 2018, www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/

2018/03/09/ny-art-students-mold-clay-into-faces-dead-nameless-migrants/32791659/.

Reuters. “NY Art Students Mold Clay into Faces of Dead, Nameless Migrants”

Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 9 Mar. 2018, www.reuters.com/video/2018/03/09/ny-art-students-mold-clay-

into-faces-of?videoId=407616165&videoChannel=1004.

Treviño, Julissa. “To Help Identify Migrants Who Died Along Border, Art Class Reconstructs Their Faces”

Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 9 Mar. 2018, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/help-

identify-migrants-who-died-along-border-art-class-reconstructs-their-faces-180968343/.

Castle, Lauren. “Pima County, New York Academy of Art Partnership Brings Art, Science Together to Help

 Identify Dead Migrants”

Azcentral, The Republic | Azcentral.com, 9 Mar. 2018, www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-

issues/2018/03/08/arizona-unidentified-migrants-forensic-sculptures-new-york-art-school/398835002/.

Brown, Patricia Leigh. “They Died Near the Border. Art Students Hope to Bring Them Back”

The New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/03/02/arts/design/new-york-academy-of-art-

arizona-border.html.

Miller, Alexandra. “Molding Identities Of The Missing”

Newsy, 20 Feb. 2018, www.newsy.com/stories/identifying-cold-cases-at-the-new-york-art-academy/.

Glassberg, Lauren, and WABC. “Students Create Faces for Skulls to Help Solve Crimes”

ABC7 New York, Eyewitness News ACB7NY, 20 Feb. 2018, abc7ny.com/education/students-create-faces-

for-skulls-to-help-solve-crimes/3113406/.

Diaz, Paula. “Usan Reconstrucción Facial a Partir De Cráneos Para Identificar a Quienes Murieron Cruzando 

La Frontera”

Univision Arizona, Univision, 23 Jan. 2018, www.univision.com/arizona/ktvw/noticias/inmigracion/

reconstruccion-facial-a-partir-de-craneos-la-estrategia-para-identificar-restos-de-inmigrantes