She has has received numerous awards, including Mexico’s Premio Nacional de Periodismo, the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, and Mont Blanc’s Woman of the Year award. Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, the Investigative Reporting Program, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists UC Berkeley Chapter, and the Mexican Association of Students at UC Berkeley.