Riza Rasco with the Latoka tribe in South Sudan UPDATE : Rasco completed the journey to all 193 UN sovereign countries in February 2025 after visiting North Korea. She is the first Filipino to have visited 203 countries and all 82 provinces of the Philippines. Congratulations! Riza Rasco describes herself as a bioengineer/biological scientist, an intellectual property professional and a world traveler. After working at DuPont Company for 17 years, she quit her job, took a long break from corporate life and started traveling full time. She is the co-founder of Philippine Global Explorers (PGE) and the founder of Explore Africa for Impact. In 2020, Riza hosted the Pandemic Traveler Series where she interviewed some of the most prolific travelers who shared their personal experiences, observations and stories during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a project she initiated through PGE and can be watched on the PGE YouTube channel. Having traveled to 165 United Nations sovereign countries, ...
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