Awards & Affiliations

  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTES (AIA)
    Member 2010 – Present
  • US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL (USGBC)
    Member 2009 – Present
  • THE SOUTH FLORIDA ASSOCIATED BUILDERS & CONTRACTOR’S
    Recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Construction Eagle Award
  • THE SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL
    Recipient of the 2007 Business Woman of the Year Awards; Finalist Entrepreneur
  • MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
    ‘Hall of Fame 2007’ Inductee for Outstanding Achievement in Architecture
  • THE SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL
    Recipient of the 2005 Business Woman of the Year Awards; Finalist Entrepreneur
  • WOMEN PRESIDENTS’ ORGANIZATION (WPO)
    Member 2005 – Present
  • EDUCATION DESIGN SHOWCASE
    Recipient of the 2004 Project of Distinction Award; Outstanding Architecture and Design, In Education MDC Inter-American Campus Bldg. 3000
  • MIDNIGHT AFFAIRS INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS
    Recipient of the 2004 Design Excellence Award; Best Historic Preservation
  • PROGRESS CLUB OF MIAMI
    Member 2003 – Present; Board of Directors & Member of the Year 2004-05; President & Member of the Year 2005-06; Board of Directors 2006-Present
  • YMCA OF GREATER MIAMI
    International Branch; Board of Directors 1991-2004; President 1996 & 1999 Volunteer of the Year 1999, Association Board of Directors 1996 – 2004; Chair for Cultural Arts Committee 1997-1999; Facilities Committee 2006-Present
  • HISPANIC MAGAZINE, FORD MOTOR COMPANY & MUN2
    Recipient of the 2001 Hispanic Women Entrepreneur
  • NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
    Recipient of Leadership 2000 award
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS (NAWBO)
    Member 1999 – Present. Recognition 2000 Finalist as Emerging Woman Business Owner
  • WHO’S WHO
    Listed in Executives & Businesses 1999-2000
  • GREATER MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    Member 1997- Present, Recipient of Women in Business Endowment, 1997. Chairwoman of Women in Business Endowment Committee, 2000 – 2001 & Jeanne Bellamy Awards Committee, 2002
  • ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS (A.W.A.E.)
    Board of Directors 1997 – Present