Role
Vice President of the UISP Piemonte APS Regional Committee, Head of the UISP Piemonte Training and Development Department, Coordinator of the Sports and Wellbeing Commission for the Piedmont Third Sector Forum, Member of the Torino Europride 2027 Committee, Vice President of the Municipal Sports Council of the Municipality of Turin, Member of the UISP National Council
Bio
Teresa Maria Patrizia Alfano began her career in social sports in 1976 as a coach and manager of a sports club in the Barriera di Milano neighborhood of Turin. From 1978 to 1988, she coordinated and taught summer sports camps for adolescents supported by social services and young inmates at the Ferrante Aporti juvenile detention center. Between 1983 and 1997, she was responsible for the Turin UISP committee's training exchanges with the French sports organization FSGT.
In 1990, she was appointed president of UISP Turin, focusing the association's projects on school education policies and combating youth hardship. Her work focuses on youth sports, women's sports , and inclusion . Over the years, she has coordinated local and national intervention programs such as "Isola felice," "Sport Gioco Avventura," "Muovitipositivo," and "Sport for all in metropolitan areas." In 2008, she promoted the "Lo Sport quotidiano delle donne" (Women's Daily Sport) project, aimed at structuring physical activities tailored to the needs and timeframes of the female population.
In 2012, she served as regional vice president of UISP Piemonte with responsibility for training, later becoming president of the Regional Committee in 2017 and head of national training. In April 2021, she was elected deputy national vice president of the association. In addition to her institutional roles and participation in radio and television technical discussions on sports for all, since November 2025, she has served as vice president of the newly formed Turin Municipal Sports Council.