San Antonio Youth Literacy Staff

Patricia Medina, Executive Director

Patricia Medina joined San Antonio Youth Literacy (SAYL) as the Executive Director in May, 2005. Pat attended Northeast Missouri University prior to moving to San Antonio. She brings 25+ years experience in the non-profit environment to SAYL, having previously worked with the YMCA of Greater San Antonio and the Mt. Diablo YMCA in Pleasant Hill, California. Prior to that, she held the position of Director of Religious Education at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in San Antonio.

Pat holds the distinction of being the first female executive director for the San Antonio YMCAs, taking that position in 1992. Her experience includes extensive management, fundraising, marketing and program administration.

Pat's passion is reading and working with San Antonio Youth Literacy has been a natural fit. She strongly believes that an excitement for reading is one of the greatest gifts a child can possess, and through SAYL's reading program children are given the opportunity to develop an enjoyment of reading. 

Mary Flannigan, Community Development Director

Mary joined SAYL as the Community Development Director in March 2008. She attended Alfred University in Alfred, NY where she received her Bachelors of Arts and Fine Arts degree in 2002.

After graduation Mary joined AmeriCorps, a national service organization, where she served as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio for two years. Most recently, Mary comes to us from Habitat for Humanity of Omaha where she held the position of Volunteer Manager.

Christina Martinez, Program Director

Christina Martinez joined SAYL as Program Director in July 2008.  She is a native San Antonian and received a Bachelor of Arts in English from UTSA in 2005.

Christina’s passion for non-profits began 10 years ago when she started working for the Witte Museum in the HEB Science Treehouse. Six years later, and with much love and enthusiasm for Natural History and Natural Science she was the Manager of Interpretive Resources. Christina then spent the next few years working with other educational and non-profit organizations to include The Acorn School, Edgewood Independent School District and San Antonio Parks and Recreation. Most recently Christina was a Program Specialist for Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas where she created and facilitated programs for girls of all ages that live on the Westside of San Antonio.

External Support

Mike Potter, Website Manager

Mike has been serving SAYL since 2003 and is the owner of Desktop Consulting Service (DCS).   Established in 1998, DCS is located on the far west side of San Antonio, Texas and provides web design, database development, and search engine optimization for small businesses throughout greater San Antonio, Boerne, Kerrville, New Braunfels, Seguin, San Marcos, and Austin Texas (TX).