Recipient of the Hofstra University Alumni Association “59th Annual George M. Estabrook Distinguished Service Award.” December 8, 2019.
Recipient of the “Robert J. Uplinger Distinguished Service Award” presented by the New York State and Bermuda Lions Foundation, July 2017.
Recipient of the “Certified Diabetes Educator Entrepreneur of the Year Award” by the Metropolitan New York Association of Diabetes Educators, August 2016.
Recipient of Citation, signed by Edward P. Mangano, Nassau County Executive, “in fitting recognition and heartfelt appreciation for your dedicated service to the community” (as an active member of Lions Club International). August 16, 2014.
Recognition as “A Woman of Inspiration”, DiabetesSisters.org Sister Spotlight, October, 2011. DiabetesSisters.org
Recipient of the “Melvin Jones Fellowship Award” from Lions Clubs International, 2010.
Recipient of the “Women of Distinction” award, 19th Assembly District of New York, 2009.
Recipient of the LillyforLife Achievement Award – “Professional Hero”, 2007.
Certificate of Recognition, South Nassau Communities Hospital, March 2002,
as part of South Nassau’s Behavioral Health Trauma Response Team
for “Counseling friends and families in the aftermath of the World Trade
Center tragedy”.
B.A. cum laude, Queens College, CUNY.
Psi Chi (Psychology National Honor Society).

December 8, 2019