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Our Amazon listing is here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JWXMX3R Patty Medina was named Associate Athletic Director in January of 2022.

In her role, Medina will oversee the following areas: selection and management of coaches and administrative personnel; preparation of long-term program and financial plans; development and management of the annual operating budget for athletics. She will also assist with the college’s community outreach programs, is responsible for compliance with regulations governing intercollegiate athletics and all applicable college, conference and NJCAA rules and policies, as well as Title IX and Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity guidelines.

Prior to Harford, Medina served as Assistant Athletic Director at Our Lady in Mount Carmel in Essex. At Mount Carmel, she implemented athletic department organizational methods, oversaw the participation interest and relaunch of middle school sports as well as the football program.

Medina has coached women’s basketball at many levels (high school, junior college and NAIA) for the last 16 years. As a collegiate head coach, Medina earned NCCAA West Region Coach of the Year accolades two years back to back while at Bethesda University. During that time, she was the first and only Mexico-born head coach at the collegiate level for both men and women.

Medina made her transition from coaching to athletic administration by first becoming a Sports Management professor at Our Lady of the Lake University in Texas and then at Bowie State University.

Medina is also the founder of a nonprofit, Hooper Mentality. The nonprofit hosts free basketball camps that focus on mental health awareness throughout the United States as well as throughout Mexico. Medina's goal is that Hooper Mentality will provide athletes, from middle school to college levels, the proper resources to deal with mental health issues and help diminish the stigma surrounding mental health issues in the minority community. Along with mental health related assistance, Hooper Mentality provides resources for athletes in the areas of life skills and business skills. Topics such as: money management, business startup, resume building, interview skills and many more necessary areas of expertise that the educational system fails to emphasize. 

Medina received her bachelors in Sociology from San Diego State in 2009 and earned a Master’s in Education and another in Organizational Leadership from National University in 2013. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Psychology with an emphasis on mental health. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chefranjohn/support

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