Hannah Rose has spoken

Photograph of Hannah Rose standing on a sandy beach in Fiji - A cast member on the 45th season of 'Survivor,' the Johns Hopkins School of Education alum discusses how preparing for a career in mental health inadvertently readied her to compete on-and bow out of-one of America's most popular reality TV shows T hirty minutes into the season premiere of Survivor 's 45th season last week , contestant Hannah Rose, who earned her master's degree in clinical mental health from the School of Education in 2015, makes a tearful admission to a teammate: "I am not survivorly." What does it mean to be survivorly, anyway? The long-running CBS reality show maroons its contestants in the wilderness, where they compete against the elements and each other for a $1 million prize. Endurance goes a long way in succeeding, a high tolerance for suffering even further. Quickly after arriving in Fiji, Rose discovered that for her, being "survivorly" meant prioritizing the competition over her health and well-being, something she wasn't willing to do, so she shocked viewers by volunteering to leave in the very first episode. The Hub caught up with Rose to discuss self care, authenticity, and how studying mental health at Hopkins gave her the confidence to both audition for-and boldly depart from- Survivor. How did you end up pursuing a master's at Hopkins? - As an undergrad, I majored in psychology at Goucher College. And I knew that I wanted to do counseling in some capacity, and I really wanted to do a practitioner track, so a master's seemed potentially doable, although I wasn't sure if I would get into Hopkins.