Born and raised in Lake Station, Indiana, Patty Cisneros Prevo gained valuable lived experiences growing up in the “Region.” Thanks to these roots, Cisneros Prevo is a proud life-long learner and advocate and has always centered her work around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Cisneros Prevo received her B.S. from Valparaiso University in Indiana in Education, and as a graduate student-athlete, received a M.Ed. from the University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana. 

Cisneros Prevo was the Assistant Director of Inclusion & Engagement with Wisconsin Athletics, where she assisted in the development and execution of their DEI Strategic Plan. In her role as the Student Life Manager of Diversity & Inclusion for the Wisconsin School of Business, Cisneros Prevo lead all DEI initiatives in the Undergraduate Program. And now in her new role as UW-Health’s Program Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, she has lead DEI efforts with the Department of Medicine and the Carbone Cancer Center. Cisneros Prevo also consults and presents on topics centered on disability, ableism, and adaptive sports. 

Cisneros Prevo had her first picture book published on June 27th, 2023, by Lee & Low Books. Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes focuses on 15 individuals with physical disabilities and their major life and athletic accomplishments. And, in January 2021, Cisneros Prevo was appointed to the Congressional Commission on the State of the U.S. Olympics & Paralympics. 

Additionally, Patty Cisneros Prevo has won four National Wheelchair Basketball Association Championships and became the first female head coach of a collegiate wheelchair basketball team with the University of Illinois, winning the national championship that same year. Three-time Paralympian Cisneros Prevo was a member of the U.S. Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team for 10 years. As captain of the 2008 Paralympic team, she led Team USA to its second consecutive gold medal after winning gold in 2004.