Honors

Condecoración Nacional de la Orden "VASCO NÚÑEZ DE BALBOA", en el Grado de Caballero, República de Panamá, 30 de mayo de 2002.

2004 Outstanding Professor, Spanish, nominated by José Antonio Cruz Torres, SDSU.

2004 Outstanding Professor, Mortar Board, nominated by Jesica Fellman, SDSU.

2004 Outstanding Professor, Phi Beta Kappa, nominated by Jeri-Ann Farkas, SDSU

1994 Outstanding Professor, Spanish, nominated by Sarah McClure, SDSU.

Inducted into Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, Delta Chapter at San Diego State University, December 7, 1994. Keynote Speaker, "Reflections on 1492"

Inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, San Diego State University, April 26, 1993.

Plaque: Excellence in Literature, The African American Caribbean Culture Arts Commission, Miami, Florida, April 17, 1994.