Fredyl Hernandez

Fredyl Hernandez is a senior artist-teacher member of Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) specializing in theater for development programs. He was a former Associate Project Director of the ARTS Zone Project, a theater and cultural advocacy campaign on children’s rights and positive discipline. The campaign lobbied against the practice of punitive discipline which in many ways continue to reinforce the systemic cycle of violence in Philippine society. In 2019, he joined the Global Youth Peace Ambassador Training organized by Regional Alliance for Fostering Youth in Male, Maldives. He was also a 2019 Fellow of the Singapore International Foundation's Arts for Good which aims to foster a community of practice that harnesses the power of arts and culture for positive social change. He is a faculty member of Philippine High School for the Arts teaching theater criticism, research, and arts and cultural studies. His interests include theater and performance studies, and arts and social practice. He's recently elected this year as Young IDEA Director of the Executive Committee of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA).