Awards and Recognition
- TravMedia Travel Journalist of the Year, 2018
- SATW Western Chapter 2018 Award for International Travel Article – Gold
- ASJA Writing Award (honorable mention) for Lifestyle, 2018
- SATW Lowell Thomas award (honorable mention) for Foreign Travel, 2016-17
- SATW Western Chapter 2017 Award for Newspaper Travel Article – Gold
- SATW Western Chapter 2017 Award for Magazine Travel Article – Silver
- SATW Western Chapter 2015 Award for Newspaper Travel Article – Gold
- SATW Western Chapter 2015 Award for Service Travel Article – Gold
- Visit California Eureka Travel Writing Award 2015 – Magazine Feature and Grand Prize winner
- Solas Award 2015 for Doing Good/Kindness of Strangers story
- ALTO Award (Alberta Tourism Awards) for Tourism Media 2014
- SATW Muster Photo Competition Award 2014
- Travel Classics Writers Contest Winner: Best Travel Story on Alberta
- SATW Western Chapter 2014 Award for Magazine Travel Article – Bronze
- SATW Western Chapter 2013 Award for Newspaper Travel Article – Silver
- Athleta Sponsored Athlete, 2012
- NATJA 2010 Award for Cultural, Educational, Self-improvement Travel Article – Silver