Awards and Accolades

  • Genealogist and Global Speaker on DNA
  • Developed a method to trace Jewish Lineages to the 1400s
  • Past President of the Society for Crypto Judaic Studies at Colorado State University
  • Past President of the Society of Jewish Genealogy of Greater Miami
  • President of Tarbut Sefarad Fermoselle in Barcelona
  • Author of My 15 GrandmothersHow I found my 15 GrandmothersPyre to Fire and The Recipes of my 15 Grandmothers all available on Amazon in English and Spanish
  • Some of the books have been translated to Hebrew, Yiddish and Farsi
  • Speaker at the Knesset (Parliament in Israel)
  • Speaker at the Press Box at the EU Parliament in Brussels
  • Spoken Internationally in Spain, Portugal, Guatemala, Ecuador, Uruguay, Denmark, Argentina and many more countries
  • Winner of the 2015 and 2018 Latin Author Book Award
  • Winner of the Literary Titan Silver award for the book, Pyre to Fire.
  • Recipient of a Genealogy Award from the State of Florida as well as from the International Association of Jewish Genealogists for her extensive work
  • Recipient of the High honor of the Medal of the Four Sephardic Synagogues from Jerusalem