His father was a naturalized United States citizen from Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, and his mother from New York City of Dutch ancestry. Medina graduated from Holbrook Military Academy in Ossining, New York in 1905. Medina received an Artium Baccalaureus degree Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University in 1909.
His father was a naturalized U.S. citizen from Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, and his mother from New York City of Dutch ancestry. Medina graduated from Holbrook Military Academy in Ossining, New York in 1905. Medina received an Artium Baccalaureus degree Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University in 1909.