Awards
My work has garnered over 50 international, national, and regional awards
National Scholastic Press Association
2021 Multimedia News Story of the Year, Pacemaker
"The surge of Asian hate"
2021 Broadcast Portfolio of the Year, Pacemaker Finalist
2021 NSPA Clips & Clicks, 3rd place
"Castro Street: A colorful safe haven"
2021 NSPA Clips & Clicks, 3rd place
"Colette Crutcher pieces together city art"
2021 NSPA Clips & Clicks, 2nd place
"Asian Americans rise against racism in national day of action"
2021 NSPA Pacemaker Honorable Mention
2021 NSPA Honor Roll
2020 NSPA Digital Story of the Year Pacemaker Finalist
“Just one bite can kill”
2020 NSPA Clips & Clicks, 1st place Broadcast Feature Story,
“Half Moon Bay Wasabi spices up the sushi scene”
2020 NSPA Broadcast Story of the Year Pacemaker Finalist
“Chinatown cookie company delivers good fortune for 58 years and counting”
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2020 NSPA Honor Roll
Youth Journalism International
2021 First Place, Multimedia Feature
"Just one bite can Kill"
2021 First Place, Multimedia Feature
“Claire Mack cranks out crunch cakes for the community.”
2021 Honorable Mention
"Chef for the Polls Feeds Democracy"
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Journalism Education Association
2020 Digital Media Feature Video
“The Princess Project: A place where every girl can shine”
2020 Fall National Convention, Excellence in Broadcast Feature Story
“Claire Mack cranks out crunch cakes for the community”
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2020 National Student Media Contests, Broadcast Video Story
Award Rating — Excellent
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2020 National Student Media Contests, Video Package Editing
Award Rating — Excellent
2019 Fall National Convention, Sports Broadcast Story Honorable Mention
“The Carlmont diving team dives further into the sport”
California Press Women
2021 2nd place, Features,
"Just one Bite Could Kill"
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2021 1st place, Video Feature
"Aeon Lem’s passion for bird watching takes flight"
2021A 1st place, Video News Story
"Castro Street: A colorful safe haven"
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2021 2nd place, Video Feature
“Claire Mack cranks out crunch cakes for the community”
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2021 2nd place, Video Feature
“Half Moon Bay Wasabi spices up the sushi scene”
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2021 2nd place, Video Feature
"Colette Crutcher pieces together city art"
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2021 2nd place, Video Feature
“The Princess Project: A place where every girl can shine”
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2021 2nd place, Video Feature
“Chef for the polls feeds democracy”
National Federation of Press Women
2021 Video News Story, Honorable Mention
“Claire Mack cranks out crunch cakes for the community.”
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2021 Video Feature Story, 3rd place
"Aeon Lem’s passion for bird watching takes flight"
School Newspapers Online Network
2019-2020 Best of Best of SNO (Top 24 stories of the year out of 20,000)
“Chinatown cookie company delivers good fortune for 58 years and counting”
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2019-2021 Best of SNO awards for these stories:
• "The surge of Asian hate"
• "Asian Americans rise against racism in national day of action"
• “Chef for the polls feeds democracy”
• "Colette Crutcher pieces together city art"
• “Claire Mack cranks out crunch cakes for the community.”
• “Half Moon Bay Wasabi spices up the sushi scene”
• "Castro Street: A colorful safe haven"
• "Aeon Lem’s passion for bird watching takes flight"
• "Just one Bite Could Kill"
• “Chinatown cookie company delivers good fortune for 58 years and counting”
• "Sumo wrestling in America - destined to become huge?"
• "Quinn Felton takes a road less traveled”
• "Salvation Army elves save Christmas once again”
• "World championship pumpkin weigh-off worth the 'weight'”
• "Star pastry chef pops-up on the Peninsula”
• "Two Carlmont parents cook up a world famous Japanese food blog”
• "Indigenous people honor their culture’s historic battles”
• "A story of two sisters and their scrunchies”
• "The Princess Project: A place where every girl can shine”
• "Mother and daughter duo support first responders”
Distributed Education Clubs of America
2020 Top 30 in Western Regional Leadership Conference Marketing and Communications Competition
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2020 Silicon Valley Career Development Conference
5th Place Food and Marketing competition
Biomimicry Youth Design Challenge
2021 Storyteller Award (1 of 5 total prizes awarded in the international competition)​
Carlmont High School
2022 CHS Platinum Service Award
2022 Carlmont Varsity Basketball Hall of Fame​
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2022 Carlmont Varsity Basketball Most Valuable Player Award
2020 Carlmont Junior Varsity Basketball Offensive Player of the Year
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