Fellowships & Residencies

2024 Scholar in Residence | Temple Israel of Hollywood

2024 Scholar in Residence | Temple Beth Elohim of Wellesley, MA

2023-2024 Us@250 Fellow | New America

2023-2024 Fellow | The Witness Institute

2023 Scholar in Residence | Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, Texas

2023 Scholar in Residence | Columbia Holocaust Education Commission in South Carolina

2022 ROI Fellow | Schusterman Family Foundation

2022 Scholar in Residence | Duquesne University

2022 Artist in Residence | Temple Israel of Hollywood

2021-2022 Inaugural Storyteller in Residence | USC Shoah Foundation

Awards

2022 Saroyan Prize Shortlist | Stanford University

2022 Winner of Maine Literary Award for Memoir

2021 Best books of the month | Apple Books

2021 Starred Review | Publisher’s Weekly

2020 Reader Pick (podcast) | Vulture from New York Magazine

2020 Runner up, Prose Category | Miller Audio Prize

2020 Shows We Love | Apple Podcasts

2019 Best Podcasts of 2019 | HuffPost

2018 Finalist, Natalia Twersky Educator Award | Jewish Women’s Archive

2016 First Place, Natural World | Northern Short Course in Photojournalism

2016 Honorary Mention, International Picture Story | Northern Short Course in Photojournalism

2015 Lori Minden Tancer Award | Momenta Workshops

2015 Honorary Mention, Natural Disaster & Environment | Northern Short Course in Photojournalism