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Honors
Writing Awards
2020 & 2021 National YoungArts Winner in Writing
2019 National High School Poetry Contest Winner – National Poetry Quarterly
2018-2019 Lee Bennett Hopkins Award in Poetry – First Place from Florida State Poets Association
2019 National Poetry Month Editor’s Pick Poet – Brain Mill Press
2019 National Youth Honor Award in Writing – Skipping Stones Magazine
2019 University of Chicago Euphony Journal’s Short Story Contest
2019 National High School Short Story Prize Finalist – Lake Superior State University
2019 Penn State University’s Lake Effect National High School Poetry Competition Finalist (Top 12 out of 3000)
2020 Columbia College Young Authors Writing Competition Finalist
2019 International Erbacce-Prize Shortlist
2020 No Tokens Young Poets Editors’ Choice Prize
2020 Hollins University’s Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest Runner-Up and Creative Talent Award in Writing
Two-Time Pushcart Prize Nominee in Poetry
Leadership Honors
Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy’s Guest to the 2019 State of the Union
2020 US Senate Youth Program Florida Delegate and $10,000 Scholarship Recipient
2020 Coca-Cola Scholars Semifinalist
2020 Burger King Scholar
100 Most Influential Malayali Women
Academic Honors
2020 Florida League of IB Schools (FLIBS) Merit Scholar
National Speech & Debate Academic All-American Award
2019 Coolidge Cup National Presidential Debate Championship Semifinalist (3rd Place)
Five-Time North Florida Regional Champion in Lincoln-Douglas Debate
International Baccalaureate Diploma Recipient
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