Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien

Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien is a contestant from and.

She is known for overthrowing the dominating alliance in Marquesas and her leadership over the post-switch Maraamu tribe.

Marquesas
Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has lived in Boston, Massachusetts; Charlotte, N. Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Washington, D.C.; and San Diego, California. She attended Cohasset High School in Massachusetts before her four years of college at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien currently works as a real estate agent. Prior to this, she was self-employed for 10 years running her small businesses: a unique paper, gifts, and art products store and an event-planning business. She also worked in newspaper advertising. Her favorite hobbies are hiking, skiing, sailing, road-biking and fly-fishing. In 1998, she biked across the United States for the American Lung Association as a dedication to her father. The trip was 48 days from Seattle to Washington, D.C., and raised over $1.5 million.

Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien currently resides in Burlington, Vermont. She has one son, Patrick. Her birth date is Jan. 6.

Survivor: Marquesas
Kathy was known for being on the outs on her original Rotu tribe, but after the merge, she was able to rally other players to usurp the power from the dominant alliance.

Trivia

 * Both times she competed, she finished on the jury and voted for the eventual runner-up.
 * Kathy is the first, and so far only, Survivor contestant from Vermont.
 * Kathy's luxury item in Survivor: Marquesas was Canvas and Paint.
 * Kathy is one of three contestants (along with Lex van den Berghe and Tom Buchanan) to make the merge in Survivor: All-Stars and not improve over their previous finish.
 * In All-Stars, Kathy replaced Marquesas winner Vecepia who was pregnant and had to turn down the chance to play again.
 * Kathy outlasted all the other 3rd-place-finishers (Rudy Boesch, Lex van den Berghe, and Rob Cesternino) in All-Stars.
 * In All-Stars, Kathy became the first person to be voted out on Day 28.
 * Kathy is the first female player to be the last person voted out.
 * Kathy is the first and only person to win the first individual immunity challenge in multiple seasons.
 * Kathy is the fourth person who won loved ones challenge, following Greg Buis, Tina Wesson, and Lex van den Berghe.
 * She is the oldest female returning castaway by age during gameplay.