Board Bios
- Barbara Medina spent her early years in South Carolina but was drawn to New Mexico while still very young, even though most southerners thought NM was a foreign country. She has a BA in Spanish and an MA in Elementary Education.
- Her first job in NM was in Albuquerque at Martineztown HNS where she worked for three years with girls’ programs. After her marriage she lived in Chicago for four years, working with Cook County Social Services where the inner-city poverty is heart-breaking. The couple then moved to Los Angeles where she began a public school teaching career, which continued with her move back to northern NM until her retirement in 1996.
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- Barbara has always felt a call to service. When she moved to Santa Fe in 1988 after a divorce, she began volunteering with various church mission projects in Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica. She has also volunteered with various local agencies and for seven years has been active with Amigos del Parque, providing breakfast for the homeless/unemployed migrants who stand at DeVargas Park hoping for day jobs.
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- Her involvement with the Interfaith Shelter began four years ago when, the first week of that first winter, Westminster Presbyterian Church served meals and provided overnight shelter for the men. As with so many volunteers, meeting and talking with homeless people was an eye-opening experience for Barbara.
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- Barbara is grateful for the opportunity to work with and support the Interfaith Community Shelter Group’s goals of providing winter shelter, helping people to become self-sufficient and, one day, ending homelessness.
- “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa
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Barbara Medina
Interfaith Community Shelter Group P.O. Box 22653 Santa Fe, NM 87502
