SELECTED AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

San Diego Business Journal, July 2025

San Diego County Bar Association, April 2025

 San Diego Paralegal Association (SDPA), December 2024

• In recognition of my service as SDPA's Vice President, Membership

San Diego Paralegal Association (SDPA), August 2024

• For serving as a guest speaker at SDPA's 3rd Annual Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Educational (DEIB) Conference

 Foothills Secondary Council of PTAs, May 2024

• In recognition of my service as Executive Secretary for the 2023-2024 Academic Year

 San Diego Paralegal Association (SDPA), December 2023

• In recognition of my service as SDPA's Vice President, Membership

 National Association of Legal Assistants – The Paralegal Association, July 2023

• Awarded for organizing, spearheading, and serving as a panelist for San Diego Paralegal Association’s 2022 Inaugural Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Educational Conference

San Diego Business Journal, June 2023

• Read more here: SDBJ's 2023 Women of Influence in Law

National Notary Association, June 2023

• In recognition of service as an on-call Notary Public for San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program's HIV/AIDS Clinic and meeting rural clients where they are, including those on indian reservations n rural San Diego County, California.
• Read more here: 2023 Notary of the Year: Christina Hough

City of San Diego, December 2023

• In Honor of Service & Leadership on the San Diego Paralegal Association Board of Directors

National Association of Legal Assistants – The Paralegal Association, July 2022

• Awarded to San Diego Paralegal Association’s Newsletter Committee

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, January 2022

• For work on pro bono guardianship matters referred to the firm by the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program

San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, December 2021

• In recognition of paralegal services provided on pro bono guardianship matters via Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

National Association of Legal Assistants – The Paralegal Association, July 2021

• Awarded to San Diego Paralegal Association’s Programs & Education and Membership Committees

San Diego Paralegal Association, March 2019

University of San Diego Paralegal Program, January 2018

Co-awarded by former employers, including a plaintiffs' construction defect law firm and a California limited liability company specializing in pre-litigation notices and mechanic's liens, November 2007

Purdue University, September 2000

• Awarded for animal rescue efforts