Survivor season 44 is set to air on 1st March 2023 at 8 PM ET, and for a week, it is featuring the cast, who will be the sole survivor of the upcoming season. There will be a total of 18 contestants on the show, and among them, one who is rising with the hope of winning is none other than Carolyn Wiger, a drug counselor who once had an addiction to drugs and ate too many candies.

Carolyn Wiger says she resides with her family in Hugo, Minnesota, and is originally from St. Paul. She is only 36 years old and describes herself as passionate, “a little bit loud,” and open. About her entry on the show, she says she wants to be part of “Survivor 44” and share her story to bring hope to others.

Early Life

Carolyn received her education from Century College, where she had her degree in chemical dependency counseling. Later, she attended Metro States University in 2008 and received her community leadership and development degree. While at the University, she contributed time to the after-school program and held the coordinator position for AmeriCorps Promise Fellow with St. Paul Housing Agency.

One of Carolyn’s sisters is an army-survived personality recruited for the Iraq expedition when Carolyn attended high school. This implies that Carolyn undoubtedly belongs to well-reputed and a family of some great roles. The family is there to look up to her and contributes to the country’s welfare. Carolyn’s father is Charles W. “Chuck” Wiger Sr., also highlighted by Wikipedia, is the father of five children. Her mother’s name is Christine Wiger, and she has always supported her father’s life.

Battle with drug addiction

Carolyn Wiger says that battling drug addiction is one of her career’s and life’s biggest achievements. She had to stay sober for nearly 13 years, side-by-side managing the upbringing of her 9 years old son. She says that the one who completely supported her during that time was the strength she used to get from her father, Charles W. “Chuck” Wiger Sr. she remembered her father dropping his circus career and revolting his life while attending law school and becoming the Minnesota Senate.

Her father married a beautiful wife, producing a happy family with five children. Carolyn also revealed that she was a quirky kind of personality and used to eat too many candies while having her three teeth crowned. Even after knowing the condition of her teeth, she continued to damage her teeth structure and admitted that she would fall asleep multiple times while eating too much and lots of chocolates.

Career

In 2008, she held the position of After-School Program Coordinator and was eventually employed by the St. Paul Public Housing Agency for a year. Following that employment, she interned at American Indian Community Development Corporation Detox Center for seven months.

Carolyn Wiger Career

After getting and pursuing two or three internships, she began her job life while being employed at Juel Fairbanks as an ADCT from June 2010 to December 2010 (seven months). She gave six years of her life to Haven Chemical Health Systems, LLC company. There, she began with the position of “on-call LADC” for three years and had another three years committed to the promoted position of “LADC,” where she had to supervise the interns.

After that, in January 2015, she joined another firm Washington Health County, Minnesota, in the Chemical Health Department as a drug counselor. She has managed the same position in Stillwater, Minnesota, for the last eight years and three months.

Carolyn Wiger Biography
Real Name	Carolyn Wiger
Birth Date	9 January 1987
Age (as of 2023)	36 Years
Birth Place	Saint Paul, Minnesota
Profession	Drug Counselor
College	Metro State University
Qualification	Graduate
Physical Statistics
Height	in feet inches – 5’ 6” – in Centimeters – 168 cm
Weight	in Kilograms – 58 kg  –  in Pounds –  127 lbs
Hair Color	Blonde
Eye Color	Blue
Family
Father	Chuck Wiger
Mother	Christine Wiger
Sister	One
Brother	Three
Relationship Status
Marital Status	Married
Who is her husband?	Mike Boche
Children	Luca, Mike

Personal Life

Carolyn Wiger got engaged to Mike Boche on 8th March 2014, and since then, they have been together celebrating the happiness, ups, and downs of life like any happy-go-lucky couple. The couple married in October 2018 but did not officially announce their wedding or didn’t give any statement on their official social media profiles. The couple together has given birth to a son named Luca, and both (the father and son duo) are supporting well to the lady of their lives, Carolyn, for her participation in Survivor 44.

While attending an interview with Parade, Carolyn described that her little son highly motivates her to join the reality show. She remembered he once said, “Mom, you better win immunity…… or you’re not coming home. remember, it’s okay if you cry. ……” She revealed those words in front of everyone and said that those were the wisest words she truly heard from the pure soul of her only child. With this, she hopes that these words come out victorious, and she also hopes to maintain the same level of consistency on the show.

Social Media

You can see Carolyn’s life and the insights stories about what she is doing personally and with the family on her social media profiles, like Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Carolyn Wiger Net Worth

It is for sure that Carolyn Wiger is earning well because of her long career in the field of the “drugs and chemicals” industry. She is recently working as a drug counselor and is upcoming on the show, Survivor 44. We estimate her net worth is around $2 million, enough for her to maintain a high-profile lifestyle.