Vincent Medina | |
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Born | Bay Area, California, US |
Culinary career | |
Cooking style | Ohlone cuisine |
Current restaurant(s) | |
Website | makamham |
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.[1][2] As of 2019 he was serving on the Muwekma council, and he is Capitán, or cultural leader, of the ‘Itmay Cultural Association.[3]
He is a Chochenyo Ohlone member of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe.[2][4]
Medina is also a board member of Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival.[5] Medina speaks English, Spanish, and Chochenyo.[6]