Workshop #5

PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH OF GIRLS AND WOMEN DURING COVID-19

Maria Luisa M. Guinto

Maria Luisa M. Guinto is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sports Science and the Research Director of the College of Human Kinetics, University of the Philippines, Diliman. A founding member of the Association of Sport and Exercise Psychology of the Philippines and the first chairperson of the Sport and Exercise Psychology – Special Interest Group of the Psychological Association of the Philippines, she is currently the Treasurer of the Asian South-Pacific Association of Sport Psychology. A member of the Women in Sports Commission of the Philippine Olympic Committee, she also serves at the Executive Board of IAPESGW. Her research involves the champion mindset, women in sports, spirituality, community resilience, and psychosocial interventions in disasters.