Team: Grad Students

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Twins Jessica and Melissa are best friends with Kat. All three are bartenders, marathon runners and college graduates from San Diego, California. All three also happen to be gorgeous.

They’re banking on their competitors underestimating their intelligence, giving them an advantage on the Hunt.
Strengths: Intelligence, humor, charm.

Weaknesses: Stubborness, cattiness, brutal honesty.

Fun Fact: Melissa has a fear of hot air balloons.

KAT:

Age:
26

Occupation:
Bartender/Student

Fave TV Show:
Will & Grace

Fave Movies:
Gorillas in the Mist, The Neverending Story, Super Troopers

Fave Book:
The DaVinci Code

Hobbies:
Wakeboarding, horseback riding, baseball, singing, dancing


Kat works as a bartender and has been best friends with her teammates, Jessica and Melissa, for five years. Kat graduated from San Diego State University with a B.A. in communications and is currently pursuing her masters degree. She is skilled in many different types of sports and is a marathon runner, along with the rest of her team. Kat says that her team’s greatest strength is their ability to work well together and their effervescent charm and glowing personalities.

JESSICA:

Age:
27

Occupation:
Bartender/Real Estate Office Manager

Fave TV Show:
Will & Grace

Fave Movies:
Dumb & Dumber, Napolean Dynamite, Indiana Jones franchise


Fave Book:
David & Leigh Eddings

Hobbies:
Swimming, hiking, biking, running


Jessica joins “Treasure Hunters” with her identical twin sister and best friend. Jessica holds down two jobs, working as an office manager at a realty company and as a bartender while she figures out her exact career path. Jessica graduated from San Diego State University with a masters degree in sociology and social work. Jessica knows that their competition will judge her team and underestimate their intelligence, but the girls plan on using this as their secret weapon.

MELISSA:

Age:
27

Occupation:
Bartender/Student

Fave TV Show:
Sex and the City

Fave Movies:
Robin Hood, Dazed & Confused, Indiana Jones franchise


Fave Book:
David & Leigh Eddings

Hobbies:
Hiking, running, skiing, knitting, dancing


Melissa is a graduate of San Diego State University, where she earned a B.S. in criminal justice and psychology. Melissa now lives in San Diego, but is originally from Lemoore, California with her twin sister and teammate Jessica. Melissa currently works as a bartender is also pursuing her masters degree. Melissa cites her love of adventure books and films as a driving force for her interest in “Treasure Hunters,” and welcomes the challenges it may bring, even if it means taming snakes or mastering a can of self-tanner. She also believes what distinguishes her from her sister is her gift of laughter and being a natural joker, as Jessica is the serious one.