ROTU TRIBE
GABRIEL |
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Age: 23 Marital Status: Single Hometown: Celo, NC Occupation: Bartender Luxury Item: Childhood Teddy Bear |
BIOGRAPHY Gabriel Cade was born and raised in the tiny alternative
community of Celo, North Carolina. His father is a doctor and his mother is a nurse. In
addition, they run a small farm with goats, chickens, rabbits and fields of blueberry
bushes. Cade has one brother, Jason, and a twin sister, Emily. |
FAVORITES Colors: Yellow, Green |
JOHN |
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Age: 36 Marital Status: Single Hometown: Omaha, NE Occupation: Registered Nurse Luxury Item: Massage Oils |
BIOGRAPHY John F. Carroll was born in El Paso, Texas, and grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. In high
school, he was a state-ranked track & field and cross-country runner. He also ran in
the Junior Olympics his senior year. After graduation, he attended Midland Lutheran
College in Fremont, Nebraska, on a track and cross-country scholarship, and lettered in
tennis as a walk-on during his sophomore year. While attending Midland, he was elected
class president, appointed Entertainment Director for campus activities, joined the Kappa
Phi fraternity, ministered as a Liturgical clown and appeared in campus theatre
productions. He holds an Associate of Science degree in Nursing (ASN) from Excelsior
College and is a Registered Nurse in Nebraska. In 2000, he delivered the senior
commencement speech at Bellevue University after graduating summa cum laude with a
Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Criminal Justice. |
FAVORITES Colors: Red, blue
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| KATHY | ||
![]() Age: 47 Marital Status: Divorced Hometown: Burlington, VT Occupation: Real Estate Agent Luxury Item: Canvas and Paints |
BIOGRAPHY Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has lived in Boston,
Massachusetts; Charlotte, S. Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Washington, D.C.; and San Diego,
California. She attended Cohasset High School in Massachusetts before her four years of
college at the Rhode Island School of Design. |
FAVORITES Colors: Blue |
| NELEH | ||
![]() Age: 21 Marital Status: Single Hometown: Layton, UT Occupation: Student Luxury Item: Scriptures |
BIOGRAPHY Neleh Dennis was born in Heber City, Utah, and is one of eight siblings (five brothers,
Tom, John, Devin, Nathan and Landon, and two sisters, McKenna and Robyn). She was named
after her maternal grandmother, Helen. Same name, only spelled backwards. Dennis has lived
in California, Idaho, and most recently, Layton, Utah. She graduated from Layton High
School in 1998. |
FAVORITES Colors: Pink, blue, green |
| PASCHAL | ||
![]() Age: 57 Marital Status: Married Hometown: Thomaston, GA Occupation: Judge Luxury Item: American Flag |
BIOGRAPHY Paschal English was born in Birmingham, Alabama. At two years of age, he and his family
moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he went on to attend junior and senior high school. He
received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Doctor of
Jurisprudence from the University of Georgia in Athens. |
FAVORITES Colors: Blue, green |
| ROBERT | ||
Age: 38
Marital Status: Single Hometown: Queens, NY Occupation: Limousine Driver Luxury Item: Voodoo Doll |
BIOGRAPHY Born and raised in Flushing, New York, Robert DeCanio has one older
brother and one older sister. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, New
York. After graduation, he went on to study for two semesters at St. John's University in
Jamaica, New York. |
FAVORITES Colors: Red, blue, green |
| TAMMY | ||
![]() Age: 29 Marital Status: Engaged Hometown: Mesa, AZ Occupation: Crime Reporter Luxury Item: Picture of Fiance and Dog |
BIOGRAPHY Born in San Diego, Calif., Tammy Leitner currently works as a crime writer in Mesa,
Arizona. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Los
Angeles, and a master's degree in journalism from Boston University in Massachusetts. |
FAVORITES Colors: Black, forest green |
ZOE |
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![]() Age: 35 Marital Status: Divorced Hometown: Monhegan Island, ME Occupation: Fishing Boat Captain Luxury Item: Necklace |
BIOGRAPHY Zoe Zanidakis is a native and resident of Monhegan Island, Maine, and a descendent of
nine generations that have lived and fished there since the late 1700s. Up until high
school, she attended the one-room school on the island. Once high school began, she moved
to the mainland to attend Maine Central Institute and Toms River High School. She returned
to the island each summer to help run the family business. |
FAVORITES Colors: Blue, or shades of blue, red, torquise, black to offset color |