Meet Sean Edwards! His Bio, Partner, Family, Ethnicity

Publish date: 2024-05-19

Sean Edwards, who describes himself as a connection-seeker, ambitiously minded, and magnetic energy, is a contestant on the forty-fifth season of Survivor that premiered on 27 September 2023.

Having been watching Survivor since the very beginning, Sean always wanted to play, but for so many years never had the confidence to even put himself out there. So, on the show, he said he is going to reclaim a lot of lost time and missed opportunities. So did he do that? Let’s get to know about this and more in this writing called ‘Sean Edwards Bio’.

Sean Edwards On Survivor 45

Sean Edwards decided to be a part of Survivor 45 after he finally came to terms with himself with a revived pride and confidence. “I am ready to play and win!”, he thought.

So, what was the preparation like? A lot of it actually. Sean said though it may not look like he went to the gym to physically prepare for Survivor which involved a lot of endurance training. He said he was on stair stepper for hours, just building that cardiovascular and respiratory endurance. In addition to this, Sean also did a lot of mind puzzles, the 3D ones.

Looking back on all the years and seasons of Survivor history, Sean believes he identifies the most with Owen Knight.

Sean Edwards Partner

First of all, you should understand that Sean is openly gay. Back in 2016, after having been through a couple of years of identity crisis, mental battle, and whatnot he thought to put an end to all of this by telling his parents he was going to start dating men. They took it well maybe.

So, fast forward to 2023, Sean has been married to Matt Doane (Tshaj Lug Vwj), a study coordinator at the University of Utah. He can be found on IG @matt.doane.

These two got engaged at a beautiful sight in Bonneville Salt Flats back in March 2018 and got married later on August 1st of that year. At their wedding, Sean talked about having had a soda/mocktail bar among other things.

Sean also said in his recent interview that he met his now-husband in 2016 and that he was very supportive of him coming to Survivor45. Sean also opened up that his husband is a great cook and it’s his favorite thing to eat his food while spending quality time with him and watching Survivor seasons.

How Old Is Sean Edwards?

Sean Edwards was born in 1988. So, he reached the age of 35 in 2023.

Sean Edwards’s Family

Sean’s mother is Jeanie Hong Edwards (on IG @jeaniehong1). She hails all the way from Blackfoot, Idaho. Also, she turned 65 years old in November 2022.

Sean is really fond of the matriarch one can tell. On Mother’s Day, the last time Sean had taken to his social media to shout out that his “beautiful” mother has taught him to truly enjoy and embrace life. He also thanked her for empowering him to take advantage of every opportunity, learn how to love himself and others, be resilient in adversity, be spiritually minded, and laugh until his cheeks hurt.

Further, it is understood that this person, Sheldon Clay Edwards of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, is most likely Sean’s father. Sean was born in January 18958. So, he turned 65 years old in 2023.

On 22 June 2020, on the occasion of Father’s Day, Sean gushed on social media about being “so grateful” for having “such an incredible mentor, advocate, supporter, friend, and teacher all-in-one” in the form of his dad.

Sean seems to have an equally loving bond with his siblings. During his talk with parade.com lately, he said his older sister Elaine, who has autism, (and his mom) is his biggest inspiration. He then described that Elaine is nonverbal, aggressive, and self-injurious, and cannot live independently and yet gets through everyday challenges with her smiles and laughs. Also, he gushed that one day he hopes to have an ounce of her bravery.

Sean has one more sister. She is Krista Hong Edwards, AKA Krista Ariel Edwards. She is really passionate about falconry and Shakespeare and she turned 29 in April 2023.

What Is Sean Edwards’s Ethnicity?

Sean Edward is a bi-racial. His ethnicity is Asian and White to be precise.

Sean Edwards Job

Sean Edwards has been a full-time school principal at Provo City School District in Provo, Utah since July 2022. He joined the school first as a special education teacher, left, and again returned to be their instructional coach. In July 2017, he was promoted to a Vice Principal role and served as one for the next five years.

Sean also has an impressive academic record that he can brag about. Between August 2019 and May 2022, he earned his Doctor of Education (EdD) in Education Leadership and Policy from the University of Utah. Before that, in May 2017 he got his Administrative/Supervisory Certificate from the same institution. And even prior, in April 2015, he was done with his Master of Science in Special Education from Brigham Young University.

On his LinkedIn, Sean also mentioned working as a volunteer in Missionary in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from July 2011 until June 2013.

Sean Edwards Height

Sean Edwards stands below 5’8” in height.

Related FAQs

Sean Edwards originally hails from Lawrence, New Jersey. As of 2023 though he had been residing in Provo-Orem, Utah.

Sean Edwards’s birthday is on June 23 making him a Cancer.

Yes. Sean Edwards was on Instagram as of September 2023. The IG account @seanvocado included 126 posts and 2,238 followers. In addition to that, one could also give him a follow on ‘Sean Edwards’ Facebook.

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