2011 - Inducted into the National Foreign Language Honor Society
2011 - Invited to become a member of The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes
2010 – Recognized by Build-a-Bear Workshop as one of ten younger leaders for 2010 in their community service program; invited to attend awards in St. Louis, MO
2011 - Featured as the founder of a model global education program that works to engage children at schools in the Captain-Cook, Hawaii School District
2011 - Featured in The White House Newsletter dated September 2, 2011
2011 - Invited to write a blog post for The White House Young American blog