Zapata's hairstyling helped The Next Generation win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series for the episode "Time's Arrow, Part II" which she shared with Candace Neal, Patricia Miller, Laura Connolly, Richard Sabre, Julia L. Walker, and Josée Normand. Her work also helped earn the show two additional Emmy nominations in the same category for the episodes "Cost of Living" , shared with Patricia Miller, and "Firstborn" , shared with Patricia Miller, Laura Connolly, Carolyn Elias, Don Sheldon, and Susan Zietlow-Maust.