Melissa Medrano is a law enforcement officer born and raised in Las Cruces, NM. Melissa obtained a bachelor's in foreign languages with a minor in Chicano studies from New Mexico State University.  Officer Medrano is currently pursuing a master's in Criminal Justice at Northeastern State University.  Melissa Medrano has 10 years experience in the law enforcement field.  She has 8 years experience as a federally contracted linguist and approximately 7 years as law enforcement officer.