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Name (Age): Elicia Cortez (34)

Current Residence: Chicago, IL

Occupation: Businesswoman

Castaway Bio:

Elicia has always been hardworking, right from the get go. Her parents immigrated legally to the US from Mexico when she was little, and she grew up in southern Texas. There, she faced serious poverty as well as violence from her abusive father. When she was 10 years old, her mother Juana moved Elicia and her younger brother Arturo to their Aunt Maria's house in Oklahoma in order to avoid their abusive father. Elicia and Arturo lived at Aunt Maria's for the rest of their childhood, with Juana moving to join them two years later after fully leaving their abusive father. Elicia was hard working and cold hearted, willing to do whatever to rise to the top of her class. Her Aunt Maria was a lawyer, and Elicia was inspired by her. She worked hard, forgoing normal high school activities like sports, boyfriends, and parties to study hard instead. She became valedictorian of her high school and ended up getting a full ride to Yale, where she studied business with a minor in political science. After graduating with top honors from Yale, Elicia moved to Chicago and got a job in a big corporate company, and quickly rose through the ranks. One of her bosses that she now outranks, named James Korren, fell in love with her and courted her, and they began dating 6 years ago, and are now engaged. Elicia currently lives in a large flat that she and James rent together, and her mother Juana lives with them as well. Elicia doesn't plan to have any children and is waiting to get married, wanting to focus on her career.

Elicia has always wanted to be the best of the best and prove that she is able to do anything she puts her mind to. Survivor was a show that she's watched all her life, and she knew she had to try it someday. Taking a break from her cherished job, Elicia is going to do whatever it takes to make the most of her extended break which could put her next promotion in jeopardy. She knows how to be a strategic manipulator, and plans to play hard and fast, pulling together alliances and backstabbing, doing whatever she has to to make it to that Final Tribal Council and have herself declared the Sole Survivor. She's not afraid to lie or manipulate or betray, and she's set on being one of the best and smartest winners in Survivor history!