As the ASEAN LGBT Lead, Rica collaborates with different Inclusion and Diversity LGBT leads in Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. In her home country Philippines, they were able to implement LGBT gender-neutral restrooms and gender-neutral dress code policy in Accenture sites across the country. Accenture Philippines’ Friends Of Lesbians and Gays (FLAG) regularly participates in Metro Manila Gay Pride March. Last December 2015, Accenture Philippines launched a same sex partner beneficiary as one of the packages offered to employees, making them one of the first companies to do so in the Philippines. Rica currently serves as the Vice-Chairwoman of Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP), and is a National Spokesperson for Ang Ladlad Partylist, the only LGBT political organisation in Philippines. She regularly appears on Philippine TV to speak on the current situation and issues that affect the lives of LGBT Filipinos, and was the first and only transsexual woman who participated in Pinoy Big Brother.