WASHINGTON, Conn. - Cassandra De Pecol may be just 25 but shes got big plans to break a world record, to travel the globe, to work for world peace and inspire young people to live their dreams. <\/p>\n
The Washington, Conn., native will be working on all those goals when she leaves July 1 to visit all 195 of the worlds sovereign nations. She hopes to break the Guinness World Record for fastest time to visit all sovereign nations by completing the trip in under three years. She would also be the youngest person and the first woman to do it. <\/p>\n
Though she holds dual citizenship in both Canada and the United States, De Pecol will be traveling as a global citizen, with the endorsement of the International Institute of Peace Through Tourism. She will be honored at the nonprofit groups upcoming World Symposium in South Africa. <\/p>\n
That organization will provide contacts and arrange meetings with officials in each of the countries she will visit, De Pecol said. <\/p>\n
The president [of IIPT] works with ministers of tourism in 89 countries throughout the world. Ill be meeting with them and then in the remainder, with mayors of either villages or communities or even cities hell get me in touch with them as well, she explained. <\/p>\n
Im going to be presenting to them a declaration of peace, doing photo ops and meeting with children and people of my generation, discussing world peace and what it means to them. <\/p>\n
But one of the means through which De Pecol hopes to promote peace will occur after her trip, when a documentary is released. The documentary, which will be shown in theaters and on Netflix, will be paired with other materials to serve as a tool kit for high school and college classes, she said. De Pecol also plans to visit schools and speak about her travels and world peace, while she also urges them to live their dreams. <\/p>\n
Im not necessarily wanting to inspire people to do what Im doing I dont expect everyone to pack up and go travel the world but just to follow their dreams and not be stuck in miniscule things, their job if theyre not happy, she said. Im hoping to influence people in my generation to pursue what they want and live a fulfilled life. <\/p>\n
De Pecol is already known to some through her role on the Discovery Channel show, Naked and Afraid, during which she survived a 21-day challenge in the Panamanian wilderness. <\/p>\n
And thats not the only wild adventure shes had. Since 2009, De Pecol has traveled to the Amazon, Turkey, Italy, Egypt and several other countries while doing internships in renewable hospitality at hotels across the world. Continued... <\/p>\n
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