Daisy Award: Extraordinary Role Model for Young Women, San Francisco Bay Girl Scout Council (1996)

The Jessie Bernard Wise Women Award, Center for Women Policy Studies (1991)

Asian American Studies Association Book Award for Making Waves (1990)

Award for Best Documentary, Association of Asian Pacific American Artists, for Slaying the Dragon (1990)

Best Local Independent Production, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, for Slaying the Dragon (1989)

Second Place, Marin Film Festival, for Talking History (1985)