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Name (Age): Cassidy Brennan (23)

Tribe Designation: Aran

Current Residence: Boston, MA

Occupation: Hairstylist

Personal Claim to Fame: Getting my beauty school certification in hair styling, after getting expelled from High School. I could have given up and resigned myself to a life of minimum wage jobs and despair, but instead I discovered my true passion and pursued it! Every cloud has a silver lining!

Inspiration in Life: My father, Johnny Reilly Brennan, he tought my how to fend for myself. I grew up with 6 brothers, and my father is the reason I knew how to argue, cuss, and fight like the best of 'em! It got me in some trouble along the way, but my daddy never looked at me differently for being a woman in a house of men, he raised all my siblings on his own, and I'm so grateful for him!

Hobbies: Working Out, Boxing, Styling, Shopping, Camping, and talking major smack!

Pet Peeves: Chauvinists, Lazy People, and Girls who are too prissy to stand up for themselves or others.

3 Words to Describe You: Strong, Feisty & (a) Tomboy

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are the Most Like: I would say I'm a mix between Sarah Lacina and Trish Hegarty. I have Sarah's strength, and no bs kind of attitude, but I identify more with Trish's feistiness and sense of humor.

Reason for Being on Survivor: My father passed away two years ago, and this was his favorite show. He would sit my brothers & I down every week to watch it together. My father taught me so much and helped me through so many low points in my life that I want to do this to pay homage to him. He's the reason I know how to camp, he's the reason I can stand up for myself, and he's the reason I absolutely love this game! I can't think of a better way to honor my father's memory than to do him proud on SURVIVOR!