Lateca Perlin

 is a contestant from Survivor: Sumatra.

Profile
Name (Age): Lateca Perlin (32)

Occupation: Ceramist (Ceramics Maker)

​Current Residence: Albuquerque, Arizona

​Personal Claim to Fame: I've won several regional ceramics competitions with my designs and especially my figurines. I've also made lots of replica artifacts for museums, especially Native American areas of museums.

​Inspiration in Life: My mother, she worked harder than I even know how, and I work long days and I'm a single mom of two kids. She really was a fighter and my life would've been much worse if she hadn't done everything she did to get us out of poverty. Also women like Oprah and Whoopi, they showed me you can be black, curvy, and bodacious and still be successful and fit.

​Hobbies: Painting, weight lifting, hiking, going to places like museums or zoos with my kids

​Pet Peeves: People who don't carry their weight, bigots, immature adults

​Three words to Describe You: Creative, Ambitious, Sociable

​​SURVIVOR contestant you are most like: I'd say I'm a lot like Taj from Tocantins, I really see a lot of myself in her. But I'm not married to a NFL superstar and I wasn't a pop star! Haha! But our personalities are pretty similar, and I think I'll try to play like her.

​Reason for Being on SURVIVOR​: The father of my two daughters, Chara and Juba, got me into watching Survivor during Guatemala, and since then I've been a fan of show, and I watch every episode live. I may not be a superfan, remembering every single moment of every season and being able to analyze every player's strategy, but I do know the game pretty well. I also make decent money but a million dollars would do a lot to help my girls and my studio.

​Why you think you'll "survive" SURVIVOR: Arizona isn't a place for the faint hearted. One time, when I was in my twenties, a friend and I got stranded in the desert coming home from a rave and we were trapped out there for almost two days. We survived that so living on an island shouldn't be too bad.

​Why you think you'll be the SOLE SURVIVOR: I'm a social and intuitive person. I can figure out what's going on around me, I'm really good with social cues and all of that stuff. I'm also coming out here with pretty good knowledge of the game, and without a set strategy; I'm going to be adaptable and do whatever I need to win this season, no matter how tough it is.