Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien

 was a contestant on Survivor: Marquesas and Survivor: All-Stars

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.

Trivia

 * She has sat on the jury in both seasons she competed; 7th Juror in (Marquesas) and 2nd Juror in (All-Stars), the finalist that she cast her vote for placed 2nd; Neleh Dennis in Marquesas and Rob Mariano in All-Stars.
 * Kathy is the only Survivor contestant from Vermont.
 * Kathy (along with Robert DeCanio, John Carroll , Tammy Leitner , Zoe Zanidakis , Rupert Boneham, Gabriel Cade and Candice Woodcock ) holds the record for the most days spent without attending a Tribal Council with 15.
 * 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.
 * Total number of votes against her: 11.
 * Kathy repalce Marquesas winner Vecpia as she was having baby and turned down chance to play again.