In December 2006, another of her projects, the $28 million San Juan Natatorium opened to the public and attracted winter training from over 10 stateside college swim teams, including the United States Military Academy.
The first phase included a state-of-the-art Golf Academy and a driving range atop the former landfill with 360 degree views of the capital city.
She is negotiating to bring the Crabbers as well as the San Juan Senators teams back to play in Bithorn Stadium for winter 2010.
[1][2] In February 2010, Batista's department hosted the Latin American Regional Special Olympics, a two-week-long event that included over one thousand young athletes, and the presence of Dr. Timothy Shriver, CEO of the worldwide organization, and Martín Torrijos, former president of Panama.
Santini and Batista traveled to Morocco later that year to put in a bid for San Juan to host the 2015 worldwide Special Olympics.