Juana Medina

Juana Medina grew up in San Luis Potosi, Mexico and immigrated to the Back of the Yards neighborhood in Chicago at the age of fifteen. She is mother to a young lady that is Hard-of-Hearing and has Ataxia Cerebral Palsy. The struggles her daughter faces within the special education system have influenced Juana to work in the community. She’s currently a student at Richard J. Daley College where she’s pursuing a degree in Accounting and Education. Juana Medina is a community organizer at PNCC and Gamaliel of Metro Chicago.