- Summer 1995, Summer Fellow, Program for Women in Science & Engineering (PWSE), Ames, Iowa
- 1996-1997, College Year in India Program Participant, University of Wisconsin (Hindi Language in Banaras, India)
- 1998, B.A., Environmental Science, Wellesley College
- 1998-9, Susan Rapaport Knafel Scholar, Women's Studies coursework, University of Pune (Pune, India)
- Summer 1999, Advanced Hindi Language Fellow, American Institute of Indian Studies (Udaipur, India)
- Summer 2001, Peggy Browning Fellow, Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco
- Spring 2002, Legislative Extern, Senator Deborah V. Ortiz, Sacramento
- 2000-2002, Part-Time Teaching Assistant, UC Davis
- Teaching Assistant to Wendy A. Ho in Women & Gender Studies
- Teaching Assistant to Bill Ong Hing & Kent Ono in Asian American Studies
- Teaching Assistant to Michael Smith in Environment & Technology Studies
- Summer 2001, Tutor, King Hall Outreach Project, UC Davis School of Law
- 2001, UC Davis Chancellor's Achievement Award for Diversity and Community (Graduate Student Category)
- 2002, Articles Editor, Environs Law Journal
- 2002, J.D., UC Davis School of Law
- Summer 2002, Instructor, King Hall Outreach Project, UC Davis School of Law