- Pura Belpre Author Award
ALSC/Reforma - William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist
YALSA - 2013 Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award
- Américas Award Honorable Mention
Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) - Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents - 2012 International Latino Book Awards – Honorable Mention
- 2013 International Literacy Association’s Promising Poet Award