Parker Lewis

 is a contestant from Survivor: Son Doong - Elements.

Profile

 * Name (Age): Parker Lewis (25)
 * Tribe Designation: Thavi (Earth)
 * Current Residence: Sherman Oaks, California
 * Personal Claim Of Fame: Serving my country and having been deployed into Afghanistan when I was just twenty years old. It definitely caught people off guard, especially since I'm from a quiet suburban area with a pretty typical white picket fence family, but I needed some direction in my life and I don't regret it at all.
 * Hobbies: Playing video games, especially the Legend of Zelda franchise, reading books, working on my motorbike, and something which I'll probably cop some flak from the guys for, but I really like watching RuPaul's Drag Race. It's my guilty pleasure.
 * Pet Peeves: People who take for granted the amount of privilege and comfort they have to live in a first world country. I've been to places where people have to live in constant fear for their life because they could just be eating dinner and suddenly a bomb comes through their window. And that's the lucky ones who have somewhere to sit down to eat and something to eat at all.
 * 3 Words To Describe You: Compassionate, resilient, determined.
 * If you could have 3 things on an island what would they be and why?: Swiss army knife because that little thing can get you out of all sorts of messes, a random assortment of books to pass the time, and a jet ski I guess because I can’t have my motorbike on an island and I like to tinker with things mechanically.
 * Survivor Contestant you are Most Like: Adam Klein because we both are a little nerdy at our core but have a lot of love to give and are a lot more of a broad person than the facade we sometimes can let on. I think we're both also really passionate about giving back to people, whether that's my service or his work with the homeless. Generosity goes a long way in my books and I'd love to be considered even a fraction as great as Adam is.
 * Reason for being on Survivor: I am a fan of the show, so the fact I'm actually coming on it is crazy. More than that, I think this is something I really need in my life. Obviously the idea of being stripped back to nothing, thrust into an environment that's foreign to you and having to adapt won't be new to me, given my time in Afghanistan. I think what this is instead is a chance to be back in that environment, but to conquer it. I had - and still have - a lot of dark clouds over me from then, and I don't know if I ever will be able to overcome them, but maybe Survivor is the perfect outlet for that.
 * Why do you think will be Sole Survivor: I don't want to be loyal to it to a fault, but I definitely think playing into the role I'm going to be stereotyped as might be my best bet. I think I'm just very respectful, which I think will work surprisingly well. When you've got a bunch of people going at each other's throats, being the one not making personal attacks, not stirring the pot, and just being a genuine guy to keep around is a better strategy than you might think. I'm obviously resourceful and in good shape, so the survival side won't bother me. I guess I just figure this is something I can do.