Wendy is the recipient of the Crystal Eagle Award from Coro Southern California, Founders Award from Liberty Hill Foundation, Visionary Award from East West Players, Jim Ackerman Alumnus of the Year Award from Leadership Long Beach, Distinguished Leadership Award from California Association of Leadership Programs, Distinguished Leadership Award from Community Leadership Association, Philanthropist Award from Southeast Asian Community Alliance, Philanthropy Award from Hand4Hope, Conversity Award from Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center, Ultreya Award from LA Urban Foundation and Champion of Change from Center for the Pacific Asian Family, Community Pride Award from Children’s Nature Institute, and Business Associate of the Year from American Women’s Business Association.
Wendy is an alumni member of Leadership Long Beach, National Urban Fellow’s America’s Leaders of Change and the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation’s James P. Shannon Leadership Institute. She is a graduate of University of California at Santa Cruz.