Each month, SAGE honors the teaching excellence of an LSUHS faculty or resident with the Sage STAR Award for Superior Teaching Award and Recognition, which acknowledges the individual for their approachability, enthusiasm, and superior quality of instruction. All students are encouraged to take a moment to nominate an outstanding LSUHS faculty or resident. Nominations should be based on criteria such as consistent quality, attitude, compassion and going “above and beyond” what is reasonably expected. We want to recognize those that exemplify these qualities of excellence and positively impact student learning.

Each year, the NMPRA Board of Directors awards $300 and showcases one outstanding Med-Peds medical student interest group whose activities in the preceding year best exemplify our organization’s mission to enhance the MedPeds specialty by: supporting and promoting member advancement and professional opportunities, creating national connections and opportunities, increasing awareness of and advocating for Med-Peds as a specialty, and recruiting medical students to the specialty.

I served as the group's cofounder and vice-president.

The Peggy and Bill Shiffick Foundation Scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate financial need. Students who are awarded this scholarship must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA every semester in each of their classes. Peggy and Bill Schiffick started this foundation to continue their legacy of leadership and scholarship within the community.

The Undergraduate Research Travel Fellowship is awarded to students who need funds to pay for costs associated with presenting the results of their research or creative activities at meetings for a national or international audience within their academic discipline. I used this fellowship to fund my presentation the Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for my presentation on Food Insecure Hispanic Women’s Perceptions & Body Weight Estimations.