My name is Curt Clark, and while born and raised in Michigan, I'm currently living in the amazing city of Chicago, IL, where I work in advertising as a strategic planner. I've been a fan of reality television since the initial seasons of many of my favorite shows (especially Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race and The Mole). It wasn't until last year, though, that I stumbled across the community of fans and reality show alumni that get together every few months to rally around local charities across the nation, while also celebrating their love of the reality television genre. What better way to meet fellow fans, the cast of some of my favorite shows...and all while supporting a series of great causes? I had heard rumblings about the Reality Rally throughout last year, and wasn't certain I'd attend or not, until I met Gillian in person at a viewing of last season's Survivor finale in Los Angeles. Her enthusiasm and passion was immediately infectious, and then and there I was convinced I had to attend the Rally. On a parallel path, I'd been a long-time fan of Rob Cesternino's "Rob Has a Podcast." I have never missed an episode and, even went so far as to join his team of interpid interns last fall (although I have been pretty derelict in my intern duties). Through this, though, I learned of two fellow interns, Jessica Frey and Erik Nelsen, who were going to be running in the Rally...and needed another teammate. The choice was simple: join Team Internino (as they had dubbed themselves) and hit the ground running for the Rally this upcoming April.
Eric and Jessica
Me and my friend Erik started "team interninos" because we are both interns for Rob Cesternino. We help with his podcast and webshow. We remember the reality rally from last year and the perchanga event and thought it would be cool to get some local interns together to make a team. The name interninos is a combinnation of "cesternino" and intern. It is something us interns say. So basically we are just two college students who love reality tv.
Jessica
"I am currently a fourth year majoring in Political Science, International Studies and minoring in Drama at UC Irvine. I am originally from Clovis, Ca. I have been watching Survivor since I was10 years old when the very first episode premiered and I have never missed an episode since. I started listening to Rob Cesternino's podcast during Survivor Nicaragua and I was hooked immediately by the humor of the podcast. So in the fall of 2011, it kinda of felt natural to become an intern for the podcast and I have enjoyed every minute of it. In addition to being a fan of many reality shows like Amazing Race, Dancing with the Stars and the Bachelor/ette, I am also a huge fan of Glee and Chuck and other television comedies. Some of my hobbies are theater, sports and traveling. Some fun facts about me is I got my black belt at age 15 and I have traveled to 11 countries. Maybe one day (cross your fingers) you will you see me on a future Survivor or Amazing Race season."
Erik
My name is Erik Nelsen and I am currently a junior at Loyola Marymount University. I am currently an Accounting and Economic major here at LMU but while I do study a lot, reality TV never gets in the way. I have never missed an episode of The Apprentice, The Amazing Race and Survivor. I have always been a fan of the strategic players in Survivor which include Yul, Todd and of course Rob Cesternino. I actually discovered Rob Has A Podcast during S22 of survivor and that is when I started to listen to his podcast. I instantly fell in love with Rob's bell, the ding marry kill games and of course was interested in Rob and Nicole's opinions on the contestants and the seasons. When Rob announced he was looking for interns, I was instantly on board with the team. That is where I met Jessica and Team Interninos was born. It was a no brainer that we would choose Rob to join our team and we hope to represent the interns well as we compete this April!
