Cassie De Pecol is a notable author, activist, athlete, and world traveler whose endeavors have garnered widespread recognition.
Having delved into endurance competitions since her teenage years, De Pecol’s adventurous spirit led her to participate in the survival reality show Naked and Afraid in 2013. Notably, she embarked on a monumental journey, becoming an ambassador for the International Institute of Peace Through Tourism. Along her travels, she conscientiously planted trees to mitigate her carbon footprint and documented her experiences for a forthcoming documentary.
De Pecol’s literary contribution, “Expedition 196: A Personal Journal from a Record-Setting Traveler,” captures the essence of her remarkable global odyssey. Today, she shares her insights and motivational messages as a sought-after speaker and travel expert at events across the globe.
Her International Inc, the nonprofit organization she founded, tirelessly supports projects aimed at advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals worldwide. Additionally, De Pecol actively engages in fitness and health consulting, content creation, and writing, extending her influence and impact.
With a substantial online following of over 500k on Instagram and her podcast, “Against All Odds,” De Pecol continues to connect with and inspire her audience. Looking forward, she is pursuing her private pilot’s license and is slated to be part of Virgin Atlantic’s inaugural commercial space flight as the first sponsored astronaut.
Best known for being the first woman to travel to all sovereign countries solo, Cassie De Pecol is an author, activist, athlete and traveler.
De Pecol has been competing in endurance events since the age of 16, and in 2013 appeared on survival reality show Naked and Afraid. In 2017 she became the first woman in human history to travel to every sovereign country in the world. She broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to visit every sovereign country too, and earned her place in the National Woman’s History Museum. During her impressive trip, she worked as an ambassador for the International Institute of Peace Through Tourism, planting trees along her route to offset her carbon footprint and filming her travels to create a documentary. De Pecol has since written a book, Expedition 196: A Personal Journal from the First Woman on Record to Travel Every Country in the World, and now works as a motivational speaker, travel expert and ambassador at engagements around the world. She is the founder of her own non-profit organisation, Her International Inc, which funds projects around the world working towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. De Pecol is also a fitness and health consultant, influencer, content creator and writer.
With over 500k followers on Instagram and her own podcast, Against All Odds, this explorer and adventurer is also working towards her private pilot’s license and will be the first sponsored astronaut to fly with Virgin Atlantic on their first commercial space flight.