User blog comment:Wafflefreak/16th Castaway Competition - Survivor: South Africa/@comment-24248949-20150308120031

Name: Austin Lake

Age: 23

Occupation: Unemployed

Location: Valley City, ND

Tribe Designation: Street Smart

Background story: Austin has been dealing with hardship since the day she was born. She originally grew up in New York, and her parents thought that she was going to be a boy, so they had no girl name picked out. They simply decided to keep the name as it was. When Austin was five years old, her mother died in a car accident, and her father, consumed with grief, committed suicide not long after. Until she turned 18, Austin was carted to multiple foster homes, n ever really having a true home. When she was 18 years old, Austin set out on her own, trying to make her own life for herself. However, it proved to be difficult. She didn't have enough money for a home, so she spent a while living on the streets. Finally, she located her then-estranged aunt, who was living in North Dakota. She took Austin in until she could find somewhere else to live. Austin describes herself as strong-willed, unique, and cunning. She doesn't trust people easily, and she thinks that she could play a good strategic and physical game.

