Dr. Medina-Cortes is an agent of change who believes everyone should have access to an education. Dr. Medina-Cortes graduated from Columbia Southern University with a Doctorate of Business Administration, Master of Organizational Leadership, Bachelor of Criminal Justice Administration, and Eastland-Fairfield Police academy, where she was voted to lead as the class President, ensuring everyone in her class passed the Ohio Peace Officer State exam. Dr. Medina-Cortes has worked in the criminal Justice system for over fifteen years seeing the justice and injustices of individuals. Dr. Medina-Cortes has over 10 years of experience as an investigator of financial - white collar crimes. Dr. Medina-Cortes is also an educator, Adjunct Instructor, and police academy instructor who has taught on community policing, interview and interrogation, domestic violence and a few other topics. Dr. Medina-Cortes has spearhead a translation committee to obtain translated brochures in Spanish in order to better equip and educate the Latino-Hispanic community on available resources. In her efforts of being successful in the creation of the translation committee, Dr. Medina-Cortes and team were awarded a teamwork award. Dr. Medina-Cortes has dedicated many years of her life to volunteer within the community where she resides, serving and educating those underserved and underprivileged communities. An advocate and a voice for the unspoken. A native of Puerto Rico, and first and only family member to obtain a doctoral degree