U.S. Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) 2024 Outstanding International Book Award for The Moon Tonight: Our Moon's Journey Around Earth by Jung Chang-hoon, illustrated by Jang Ho (2024)
July 2023 Translator-in-Residence at the National Centre for Writing (2023)
Shim Hun Literary Translation Award for The World You Want to See by Chang Kang-myoung (2021)
Daesan Cultural Foundation Translation Grant for Failed Summer Vacation by Heuijung Hur (2021)
ALTA Emerging Translators Mentorship Program Mentee in Korean Prose (2020)
Fulbright Korea Alumni Fund Community Grant "'Disoriented': Creating a Blog for Minority Experiences in East Asia" (2018)
Fulbright Korea Alumni Fund Research Grant "'An Elusive Elsewhere': Black American Migrants in South Korea" (2018)
Fulbright Korea Alumni Fund Community Grant "Speak Like a Child: Visual Stories from North Korean Defector (NKD) Tutees" (2017)
Beth Feldman Prize in Fiction from Brown University (2016)
Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction from Brown University (2016)
Preston Gurney Literary Contest for Cultural Criticism of Fiction, 2nd Prize from Brown University (2016)
Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award for "Women and Queer Korea" from Brown University (2015)