Biography
Born in 1969, Garduce hails from the municipality of Balanga in the province of Bataan in the Philippines. He finished high school at Tomas del Rosario College and graduated Bachelor of Science in Mathematics major in Computer Science from University of Santo Tomas in 1989. He became a mountaineer since joining UP Mountaineers in 1991.
Aside from being a mountaineer, Garduce is a scuba diver master, an environmentalist, an IT professional and TV host. He works at Procter and Gamble Philippines as systems manager of the financial reporting unit in the P&G office at Petron Megaplaza, Makati City. In 2006, Garduce became one of the hosts for Pinoy Meets World and, in 2007, he became one of the original presenters for the travel and wildlife show Born to be Wild with veterinarian Ferdinand Recio. He appeared at one of the episodes of the children's educational show Art Angel. He also hosted the special entitled Pito Para sa Pilipino (Seven for the Filipinos) with Richard Gutierrez.
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