Kellie Nalbandian '24 MSN on Playing 'Survivor

Yale School of Nursing (YSN) family nurse practitioner student Kellie Nalbandian ’24 MSN is one of 18 competitors on the new season of “Survivor,” which premieres Wednesday, September 27 (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Season 45 takes place in the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji, more than 12,000 miles from where Nalbandian grew up in Weston, Connecticut. She became an EMT at age 18 and worked as a nurse during the Covid-19 global pandemic in New York City, where she currently works as a critical care nurse.

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