The election comes four months after Porto was first appointed as Philippine Ambassador for IOHSK, where he was tasked to help out in IOHSK’s activities by reaching out to the Philippine publics through various media platforms that enable people-to-people exchange.

Together with Porto in IOHSK-East and Southeast Asia is the newly elected Regional Vice-President, Dr. Rosita Ampoyas-Hernani of Cebu Normal University. They will serve in their posts from 2021-2023. The East and Southeast Asia jurisdiction covers the countries of Australia, Brunei, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong S.A.R., Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau S.A.R., Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan S.A.R., Thailand, and Vietnam.

IOHSK, which has membership in 74 countries, is based in Los Angeles, USA.

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According to Porto, the appointment entails coordinating the activities of both new memberships and Philippine representatives of IOHSK. To help in this task, Porto said that he will “reach the publics in the Philippines working with traditional and social media, websites, educational, cultural, and all manners of people-to-people exchange” to help in IOHSK’s activities. Doing so will help strengthen existing partnerships and open doors for new members.

IOHSK aims to “promote professional growth and achievement of professionals, professors, scholars, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, and practitioners in the related fields of Health, Sports, and Kinesiology, and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering professional excellence.” The IOHSK has membership in 62 countries. As an ambassador from UST, Porto was able to secure the waiving of fees for conferences and workshops, JOHSK publication fees, and one nomination and one vote for international student scholarships. The involvement in IOHSK also allows UST to have priority review of the Equipment Assistance Grant submission should UST apply for one.

Porto holds a Doctor of Physical Education degree from the Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia.

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For the home, Porto stressed that a child’s physical activity (or lack thereof) is guided by the family, who must “create memorable experiences of the family doing physical activities.” It is the home environment that will influence the child to engage in physical engagements and where an active healthy lifestyle will be sustained.

Moving outward, the community, according to Porto, must promote the practice of health and active lifestyle among its constituents. The provision of safe recreational parks/gyms is also part of the responsibilities of the community, which must also support the sports programs of their country from the grassroots. To do this, partnerships between the community and government and non-government organizations are needed.

Finally, schools must orchestrate sound teaching and learning experiences that promote a physically active and healthy lifestyle for children, through the implementation of “quality physical education curricula” and the provision of extracurricular physical activity programs, among others. For such implementation to be done, quality trainings must be conducted for teachers, coaches, and recreation and health staff of the school and even the community.

Porto, who earned his Doctor of Physical Education degree from the Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia in 2019, is the incumbent Chair of the Bachelor of Physical Education major in Sports Wellness Management program of the IPEA.

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