a recipient of many awards, including: a citation of honor from the New York City Council a citation of honor from the New York State Senate a medal of honor from Paris, France. She was chosen for the 'Best of New York' list of the 'Village Voice' two years in a row, as well as for the lists of 'Time Out New York', the 'New York Press' and the 'New York Resident'. Paruz is a recipient of grants from the Queens Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts. In 2009 Paruz organized the Guinness World Record of the 'Largest Musical Saw Ensemble', which gathered 53 musical saw players to perform together. In 2010 NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a proclamation honoring the annual Musical Saw Festival Natalia organizes since 2003. In 2011 NY State Assembly member Aravella Simotas issued a citation of honor proclaiming the NYC Musical Saw Festival for its "9 years of artistic excellence in Astoria". In 2013 Queens Borough President Helen Marshall issued a proclamation declaring June 1, 2013 to be the ‘Natalia Paruz & Musical Saw Festival Day’ in Queens. Books mentioning Paruz City Lights: Stories About New York/St. Martin's Press New York Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff/Globe Pequot Surprise: Embrace the Unpredictable and Engineer the Unexpected/Penguin Random House 120 Jobs that Won't Chain You to Your Desk/Random House The Savvy Musician/Helius Press Overlooked New York/CreateSpace, by Zina Saunders Sounds of the Underground/Heidi Younger Teach a Man to Fish and Other Stories/Richard A. Schrader, Sr. Book in Czech - Zápisky osamělého poutníka s autoharfou/Martin Žák The Designs of Carrie Robbins/The United States Institute for Theatre Technology in cooperation with Broadway Press Buskers/Soft Skull Press Tampa Review 42/University of Tampa Press Get Lucky (How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You & Your Business)/Jossey-Bass Book in Spanish - Diario de un Músico Callejero/José Miguel Vilar, Editorial Renacimiento The Noise Beneath the Apple, by Heather Jacks Starting Your Career as a Musician/Skyhorse Publishing, Inc, by Neil Tortorella Music in American Life - An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture/Greenwood Music Business Hacks: The Daily Habits of the Self-Made Musician/PACE Publishing The Sound of Mark/Mark Hastings - Zeloo Media An Immigrant's Guide to Making It In America/Virgilia Kaur Pruthi Book in Polish - Handbook of the