VENUSA Institution of Languages (Mérida, Venezuela) Semester Abroad Program - Fall 2000; Constitutional Law and Caribbean Studies Concentrations; Office of Admissions - Student Interviewer; Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honorary); Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities; Black Student Union - President; Denison Lecture Series - President; Dean of First-Year Students Search Committee; Political Science Department Fellow; Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership Honorary); Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honorary); Dean's List; Young Scholars Research Award; Academic Achievement Awards; Campus Affairs Council; Denison Phi Society (First-Year Student Honor Society).

Supporting comments: "Yaida has filled her leadership roles with energy and commitment; her poise, broad experience at Denison, organizational skills, and maturity made her an impressive member of the June Orientation team; her courage in addressing issues of injustice or and her openness to bringing persons with views that differ from her own to campus are to be highly commended; she has broken barriers and helped the campus community grow in its understanding of how to benefit from diversity; she distinguished herself early on, as a leader and as a scholar; Yaida has a remarkable gift of expression - both in oral and written forms; Yaida has successfully bridged the curricular and co-curricular; she has maximized her undergraduate experience, and as much as she has received, she has in turn given."