Dana was a castaway from Survivor: Philippines and was a member of the Kalabaw tribe, along with returning player Jonathan Penner, who she agreed to vote out along with Jeff Kent once they went to tribal council. However, Kalabaw remained immune and didn’t have to go to tribal. Several days into the game, she made an all-girls alliance with Dawson and Katie, due to Carter, Jeff, and Jonathan bonding more and more. During the first 12 days, Kalabaw managed to win every immunity challenge, sending Matsing there instead. Towards the end of this period, Dana started getting sick and losing weight. Dana was in an unimanigable amount of pain, but when Jeff and the medical team checked her out, they told her she was okay to continue in the game. Jonathan tried to talk her out of it, telling her about his own experience, but she felt she was too sick to continue in the game, placing 14th as she officially quit the game. She was the fifth contestant never to visit Tribal Council, preceded by Wanda and Jonathan from Palau, Gary ‘Papa Smurf’ from Fiji, and Kourtney Moon from One World (she would later be followed by Caleb Reynolds). She is one of three people in Philippines not to receive a vote against them, although Michael and Lisa made FTC while she did not.