Awards and Press
Jillian's interview on Good Morning America Live! for piloting the first WeStopHate Club at Winfield High School. - April 2013
Jillian and her friend Meg Haug with the final $275,000 check from Disney's Triathlon Team after completing the Nautica Malibu Triathlon in September 2017. Jillian was able to raise $580 for LA Children's Hospital.
Jillian's high school graduation speech. - June 2013
Jillian and Julie Ashworth-Valdez being tackled with hugs after delivering Christmas shoebox gifts to the children of McDowell County, WV in December 2012.
JUNE 2018
Best Short Musical - Music In Cinema Festival 2018
"Chains"
MARCH 2018
Individual Award of Merit for Directing and Screenwriting
OCTOBER 2017
UNCW News
"Brushstrokes" Paints Picture of Community's Transformation" - Press Release and Interview
SEPTEMBER 2017
Brushstrokes - Official Selection of Cucalorus Film Festival
Chains - Official Selection of Cucalorus Film Festival
Completed Nautica Malibu Triathlon Classic Individual Race
MAY 2017
Even Cats - Official Selection of the Cape Fear Independent Film Festival
MARCH 2017
Visions7 International Undergraduate Film Festival and Conference - Featured Film Scholar and Audience Choice Award
Recipient of UNCW Honors Merit Scholarship
FEBRUARY 2017
Even Cats - Official Selection of the WilmFFilm Chick Flicks Film Fest 2017
NOVEMBER 2015
Walt Disney World Four Keys Fanatic Card, Applause-o-Gram, and Basically Outstanding Award, Disney College Program "Ducktorate" Degree
april 2015
Seventeen Magazine
Personal Testimony Featured - "Your Biggest Prom-blems Solved!"
April 2015 Issue, pg. 96
JUNE 2015
WV HOBY Leadership for Service (L4S) Guest Panelist
aUGUST 2014
WV HOBY Alumni Association President
JULY 2014
Accepted into UNCW Honors College
SPRING 2014
Marshall University First Year Residence Hall Council President
JUNE 2013
WV HOBY Leadership for Service (L4S) Guest Panelist
4th Place - Own the Room! High School Valedictorian/Graduation Speech Contest - Parade
Winfield High School Graduation Honor Speaker
APRIL 2013
Featured on Good Morning America Live! Segment, BuzzFeed, and HooplaHa for WeStopHate Clubs
HelloGiggles.com's Queen of the Day
MARCH 2013
Everybody Talks - Young Filmmaker Award, WVU Mountaineer Short Film Festival
NoBULL 24 Hour Webcast Guest Speaker
OCTOBER 2012
$5 for Love - 1st Place High School Division, West Virginia State University Film Festival
2012-2013
Winfield High School Student Council President
FEBRUARY 2013
International HOBY Outstanding Alumni Award Top 25 Semifinalist
WeStopHate.org Guest Speaker - High School Assembly at Clay County High School, WV