In 2011 while a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania he received a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant to aid research on "Contested Language Ideologies and the Mediation of Indigenous Schooling in Ecuador," supervised by Dr. Asif Agha. In 2015 he received an Engaged Anthropology Grant to aid engaged activities on "Workshops on Multicultural Recognition and Quechua Language Use in Intercultural Bilingual Education in Ecuador," 2015, Ecuador.