Her distinctions include: Princeton University Honorary Fellow; Visiting Faculty Fellow Center, at the Center for the Humanities, Wesleylan University; Visiting Fellow, at the International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam; Guest member, Columbia University Seminar on Labor History; Guest member, Columbia University Seminar on Latin American History.
In 2006 she was awarded the "Encomienda al Mérito Civil" from the Spanish Government for her exceptional contributions in Spanish history and the study of Spanish immigrants in Mexico.