Each weekday, EW will post the answers from a different player.
Vecepia Towery overcame the odds.
However, Vecepia has a message for those who may attempt to denigrate her season 4 run.
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VECEPIA TOWERY:Well, I will start from now and go backward in time.
I love the work that I do as a patient experience administrator at one of our local healthcare organizations.
My side hustle, I am a certified life coach.
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Yes, I have had my share of disappointments, but the good moments surely outweigh the bad ones.
I also enjoyed raising my 17-year-old son, who will be heading off to college in August 2021.
So far, he’s received 3 acceptance letters and I couldn’t be prouder.
They are calledMomz & Me.It’s been so fun writing those with him.
Would like to have at least another one finished before getting them published.
Lastly, I recently became a board member for VSP (Veteran’s Suicide Prevention Channel).
It’s an alarming and concerning rate of these men and women, who have served our country.
The stories are mind-blowing and the intervention is needed.
Anyone interested in supporting this non-profit, c’mon go tovspchannel.vetand donate today.
Just recently I started doing some voice-over work for an online TV show called Kindly Kenney.
I play Darius Mother in the series and Gervase Peterson plays the father.
It’s different and fun.
They send me the script periodically and I send them my recordings.
I just finished a Thanksgiving show a few days ago.
You cancheck it out here.
So, as it’s possible for you to see, I’ve been busy and living my dream.
What is your proudest moment ever from playingSurvivor?
Well, of course winning the million dollars.
Another proud moment for me from playingSurvivoris my relationship with Sean.
As I told him before, Sean is “the perfect verse over a tight beat.”
What is your biggest regret from yourSurvivorexperience?
I have no regrets.
I played the way I intended to play with slight modifications as the game progressed.
My faith played a huge part in how I played.
But I had a “come to Jesus” moment three days into the game which changed my gameplay.
I remember someone called me a “pancake” because I kept flipping my alliances.
When we moved over to the Rotu camp, a mouse got very comfortable in my braids at night.
Thank God its family didn’t join in.
[Laughs]
How do you feel about the edit you got on the show?
I was disappointed that more of my confessionals didn’t make the show.
It was a little embarrassing.
What was it like coming back to regular society after being out there?
Was there culture shock or an adjustment coming back?
When I came back from Marquesas, all I wanted to do was eat.
He had most of those items with him.
I gained all my weight back quickly.
I found myself sleeping on the living room floor or next to the bed a few times.
Still to this day and ever since I returned from the island, my heel remains dry and flaky.
Sometimes, the skin is so dry and hard, it cracks and at times breaks apart.
I use everything from cocoa butter, coconut oil, shea butter, aloe vera… you name it.
Sometimes it helps and other times not so much.
I never got it checked… which I should have.
Never regretted going on the show… it was part of my California dream.
But that quickly subsided.
Whom do you still talk, text, or email with the most from your season?
Sean and I talk, in most cases, monthly, but recently it’s been weekly.
A few months ago, most of theMarquesasgroup came together for a Skype reunion and it was great.
I’ve never missed watching a season ofSurvivor.
As a psychology major and a life coach, I still love the social dynamics of the game.
For Old School, I would say, season 7,Pearl Islands.
From the last 20 seasons (New School), I’d have to say season 31:Cambodia.
Who’s one player from anotherSurvivorseason you wish you could have played with or against and why?
I would’ve love to have played with Sandra.
Hell, she’s the best.
Why not want to play against the best.
If you could make one change to any aspect ofSurvivor, what would it be and why?
We are anxiously waiting for the new seasons.
Finally, would you play again if asked?
I will be 55 in December.
I had my ACL torn and breast cancer twice.
Thanks for asking me to participate in this questionnaire.
It was fun to reflect and share.
God’s blessings to you all.
