Dr. Rosario Medina is the Associate Dean (AD) of Clinical and Community Affairs (CCA) at the College of Nursing (CON) in the University of Colorado (CU) Anschutz Campus and Clinical Professor of Nursing with a secondary appointment in Medicine, Division of Family Practice. In the role of AD, she has the executive oversight of multiple nurse led advanced practice and faculty managed clinical enterprises serving Denver Metro and rural Colorado. She is directly responsible for building practice capacity that increases access to underserved populations while supporting practice of a highly diverse workforce. She has 28 years of academic experience as professor and in administrative roles. Her research findings have supported the alteration of practice in meeting the health care needs of underrepresented Hispanics- primarily by infusing practice with culturally competent community outreach interventions. Her modifications have been successful at reaching Hispanic populations and changing health care behaviors related to cancer, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and hypercholesterolemia.