Portis Hershey

Portis Hershey was born on September 11, 1979 in Seoul, South Korea. His father is African American and his mother is Korean. Being an army brat, Portis bounced between Seoul, Monterrey, Berlin and Barstow the first ten years of his life. From grammar school until his sophomore year in high school, Portis consistently received low grades in his classes while earning high scores in standardized tests. Then in his junior year he decided to take Honors Physics and Honors Chemistry. He says the same teacher taught both of those classes and during the first month of school, the teacher spent the first five minutes of class telling Portis to quit or else he'd kick him out. Portis stuck with it and eventually ended earning a degree in Chemistry at Cornell College. In the science teacher's defense Portis says that he's one of his two favorite teachers he's had. Though Chemistry was on his mind, it was not in his heart. On June 7, 1999 Portis decided to focus his energy into entertainment. Be