Shannon Foster in "The Amazing Race 16" with Jody Kelly (on left)
Pet peeve about your teammate: Grandma can get a bit uptight at times and has a tendency to get carried away.
Favorite hobbies: Running, dancing and swimming.
Achievements: Getting my degree in Economics from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.
Lifelong to do list: Run a marathon, earn a medical degree or physician assistant degree and join Doctors Without Borders.
If I could switch places with someone: I would never switch places with someone.
Role model or hero: All the strong-willed and capable women that I am related to—my mom, grandma and great-grandma.
What are you passionate about? Staying fit and healthy and helping others do the same.
What would you do if you won the million dollars? I would backpack across Southeast Asia.
People would be surprised to learn: I lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from eight months old until she was almost 10 years old.
Favorite place you have ever visited: Either Angkor Wat in Cambodia or the Great Wall of China.
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: Making quick decisions without my Mom acting as a middleman. What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other than winning one million bucks)? To get a chance to travel with my grandma and to have an opportunity to practice making decisions in a fast-paced and competitive environment.