Survivor’s Maryanne Oketch studying at Western [Video]

A Canadian winner of the reality series Survivor is spending part of her $1 million U.S. paycheck to train to become a doctor in London, Ont.

Maryanne Oketch won the 42nd season of Survivor in 2022. The moment cemented the 26-year-old Ajax, Ont. resident into reality TV history.

But two years after winning the top prize, Maryanne has dropped her Survivor buff for a lab coat.

The second Canadian and second Black woman ever to win Survivor has begun her first year of medical school at Western University.

“I really think my time on Survivor will help me in medicine,” she said in an interview with CTV News London.

Maryanne said high and low moments on the hit CBS/Global TV program are experiences she will reflect on while hitting the books.

“I remember one time actually coming back from a tribal council where someone was voted out and feeling at …