Anna Johnson

 is a contestant from Australian Survivor: Venezuela - Fates.

Profile

 * Name (Age): Anna Johnson (41)
 * Tribe Designation: TBD
 * Current Residence: Rockhampton, QLD
 * Occupation: Counsellor
 * Season 01 Contestant You Are Most Like: I'm like a more subtle Shelley Vallis, someone people want to work with, but also someone who knows how to play the game. I just hope I don't blow up my game like she did!

Anna is a trained counsellor who specialises in working with remote and rural communities, though she is currently based in Central Queensland, her job often requires her to travel for extended periods of time. The travel often takes Anna to far off places and can require lots of mental fortitude.

"A lot of the people that need my help aren't the kind of people that are comfortable talking to a stranger over the phone, so we go to them. We're a not for profit organization, so we never charge people for our services, but we work extensively with local law enforcement and community health organizations to assist the more vulnerable people. It's hard thankless work, but I couldn't imagine doing anything else."

Anna was born in Brisbane but moved to remote Far North Queensland in her early teens to live with her grandmother after a breakdown in relationship with her father.

"I was never my own person while I lived with my father, it was always his way or the highway. He was a drunk and looking back I believe that he seriously needed some mental health counselling, I think that's why I ended up in the field that I did. It was my time with my grandmother that really shaped me however, I learnt to love the bush, I grew up with an understanding of how hard life on the land is."

Anna is a self-admitted 'gym-junkie' and expects to dominate the physical side of the game.

"I credit the woman I am today solely to my grandmother, she taught me how to love myself and control what I can control. I am a proud lesbian woman, I am a proud Aboriginal woman and I am a proud rural woman, but it's taken a long time for me to get to where I am. Grandma taught me that I could get sad about my situation or I could do something to control it, so I learnt how to control my body, I've been powerlifting for almost twenty years. It's always amusing to me when people I know professionally find out about my lifting hobby or when people I know through lifting find out I'm a counsellor, they don't think the two should go together, but it's all about control."

Anna married her partner of twelve years, Evey, in January 2019 and promises to take her on a 'proper honeymoon' if she wins the money.

Trivia

 * Anna is the only Indigenous Australian contestant on Australian Survivor: Venezuela - Fates and the second overall, following Paula Marsh.
 * Anna and Joyce Dunn are the first female castaways to represent the state of Queensland. (JoAnne McCullogh resided in Queensland for work, but she listed her primary residence as New South Wales during Congo)
 * Anna is one of seven LGBT contestants competing on Venezuela