Vincent Medina

Vincent Medina (born October 6, 1986) is an indigenous rights, indigenous language, and food activist from California. He co-founded Cafe Ohlone, an Ohlone restaurant in Berkeley, California which serves Indigenous cuisine made with Native ingredients sourced from the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas. As of 2019 he was serving on the Muwekma council, and he is Capitán, or cultural leader, of the ‘Itmay Cultural Association.

He is a Chochenyo Ohlone member of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe.

Medina is also a board member of Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival. Medina speaks English, Spanish, and Chochenyo.