2020
Emmy Award. BEST NEWS COVERAGE: LONG FORM“Return of the Taliban: A Vice News Special Report” (Showtime)
2019
Latin American Fotografía 8 LOS DIEZ Selected Winner - Highway to Help (Central American Migrant Caravan)
American Photography 35 Chosen - Highway to Help (Central American Migrant Caravan)
International Photography Awards (IPA) - EDITORIAL/PRESS, CONTEMPORARY ISSUES Honorable Mention Highway To Help (Central American Migrant Caravan)
Siena International Photography Awards (SIPA) - DOCUMENTARY & PHOTOJOURNALISM Honorable Mention & Remarkable Artwork Highway to Help (Central American Migrant Caravan)
International Color Awards - PROFESSIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISM Nominee Protestor/SOS Nicaragua & Undemocratic State
ESFOTOperiodismo 19 PAIDEIA - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
Participant in the 2Lives Steven Sotloff Memorial Foundation Security Training
The European Cultural Centre - Panel discussion on migration in Latin America at the Palazzo Bembo Venice, Italy with documentary photographers Juan Carlos (El Salvador/USA) and Federico Vespignani (Italy), moderated by Laura Davì, journalist and photo-editor
2018
Latin American Fotografía 7 Selected Winner - Undemocratic State
International Photography Grant - DAILY LIFE Nominee - Young Days, Dangerous Times
The War Zone Freelance Project (WZF) 'The Battle for Mosul - Rise of the White Flag' exhibition at Copenhagen Photo Festival with my work WE ARE COMING NINEVEH about the Mosul Offensive in Iraq.
International Color Awards - PROFESSIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISM Honorable Mention - Al-Qayyarah's Dark Clouds
ESFOTOperiodismo 18 LA SEGURIDAD HUMANA - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
2017
PDN Storytellers - ENVIRONMENT Winner - Al-Qayyarah's Dark Clouds
International Photography Grant - PHOTOJOURNALISM Nominee - Al-Qayarrah On My Mind
Latin American Fotografía 6 Chosen - BonES
ESFOTOperiodismo 17 SIEMPRE HAY UN OJO QUE NOS VE - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
International Center of Photography (ICP) and CAMERA (Centro Italiano per la Fotografia) - Participant in the Masterclass Application for Visual Storytelling in New Media in Turin, Italy
2016
Latin American Fotografía 5 Chosen - Young Days, Dangerous Times
The War Zone Freelance Project (WZF) Exhibition at The Press Club Brussels Europe with my project YOUNG DAYS DANGEROUS TIMES in El Salvador.
Participant/Graduate of the 12th RISC Training in Torino, Italy
ESFOTOperiodismo 16 ATRAPA Y DISPARA NIESTAS EMOCIONES - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
Rayko Photo Center Exhibition POST-PRESENCE: AN INSTAGRAM GALLERY TAKEOVER with an image taken in Al-Qayyarah during the Battle for Mosul in Iraq.
Photography Exhibition at the IRIN Headquarters with an image of gang member of Barrio 18 Sureños inside the Cojutepeque Prison in El Salvador.
2015
OCULAR/10 photography exhibit, in celebration of the ES Fotoperiodismo 10th anniversary, which is being displayed at the El Salvador National Gallery and three of my images are part of the 30 picture exhibition from some very talented photographers working in Central America and the Caribbean.
ESFOTOperiodismo 15 EL COLOR REAL DE LA LUZ - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
Presentation and conversation about documentary photography at the Casa Tomada in the Centro Cultural de España invited by the ASA2000 Photo Club of El Salvador
Participant in the Media Empowerment on Human Rights - UPR20 Workshop in El Salvador organized by the Gmedia Human Rights Program
2014
Shortlisted in the The Photocrati Fund with my project C'est La Vie (Asi E La Vida) about the ongoing violence in El Salvador.
NPR stories about Nicaragua with my images With A Soft Approach On Gangs, Nicaragua Eschews Violence and Nicaragua Follows Its Own Path In Dealing With Drug Traffickers
Foreign Policy story Under New Management about Amapala, Honduras mega development project with my images Testing Grounds
ESFOTOperiodismo 14 ES HORA DE VER ES HORA DE SENTIR - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
2013
Tumblr's Storyboard in partnership with Mother Jones has published my story about the ongoing gangs truce in El Salvador as well as an interview about my coverage of this event.
ESFOTOperiodismo 13 VER PARA CREER - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
2012
Profile about the post-war El Salvador project: PEACE, LOVE & BLOOD has been published on the iPad (paid subscribers) version of the San Francisco Chronicle. You can view the online version at the SFGate.com.
Participant in the FNPI (New Iberoamerican Journalism Foundation) Photo Edition Workshop: Violence and Society inLatin America, taking place in El Salvador during the month of May with instructor/photographer Donna DeCesare.
ESFOTOperiodismo 12 HAY QUE PONE LOS OJOS DONDE LOS OTROS NO VEN - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
2011
Open Show Retrospective Group Exhibit Rayko Photo Center - San Francisco, California, United States
ESFOTOperiodismo 11 CAPTAMOS LA REALIDAD, CONSTRUIMOS HISTORIA - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
2010
ESFOTOperiodismo 10 DI CON IMAGENES LO QUE VES - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
2009
ESFOTOperiodismo 09 - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
2008
ESFOTOperiodismo 08 MIRA DE MAS - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
2007
Retrospective M.A.P.P. (Mission Arts & Performance Project) / Group Exhibit Mission Arts & Performance for Latino Arts Gallery / San Francisco, California - United States
ESFOTOperiodismo 07 - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
PESHMERGA (Kurdistan the Northern Iraq Front) / Solo Exhibit Centro de la Fotografia / San Salvador, El Salvador
2006
ESFOTOperiodismo 06 - Festival de Fotoperiodismo Group Exhibit and Catalog Centro de la Fotografia - San Salvador, El Salvador
2005
Participant in the Missouri Photo Workshop - MPW 57 / Marshall, Missouri, United States
2003
Participant in the Eddie Adams Workshop XVI Barnstorm / Liberty, New York, United State
2002
Still Life of a Tragedy - El Salvador 2001 Earthquake / Manzanita Gallery Solo Exhibit California State University, Norhtridge (CSUN) / Norhtridge, Carlifornia, United States