Quinn and June

Quinn and June are a team of Teachers and the Official Winners of Sleepy's Amazing Race 5.

Quinn and June came into the Race with strengths in navigation, worldliness, and knowledge of the show. This would allow them to excel in certain challenges, but their ability to perform challenges was not the best, causing them to fall behind several times. Despite this, their passion for the game and alliance with Lavender and Casey allowed them to stay in the top three or four for most of the Race and make it to the final leg. In the final leg, their ability to decode clues and geographical knowledge allowed them to pass their toughest competitors, Victor and Athena, at the final challenge and take first place!

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Quinn Ying is a middle school History and Geography teacher and June Walmund is their teaching assistant. They both have a big interest in the history, culture, and geography of different countries and want to succeed on The Race to get to experience the world and inspire their students. If they win, they'd donate a portion of their winnings to their school and the youth of their area, but they'd also keep a lot because teachers don't get paid nearly enough.

Quinn
Age: 31

Pronouns: They/Them

Personality Type: ENFJ, 2w1

Hometown: Salinas, CA

Connection to teammate: Teaching assistant, friend

Current Occupation: History and Geography teacher

Three words to describe you: Empathetic, creative, passionate

Favorite hobbies: writing, listening to music, telling stories

Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: resisting the urge to help other teams that are struggling.

Pet peeve about your teammate: She struggles with creative problem solving and forgets to question why she does things in certain ways.

What country/place would you most like to go and why? Philippines! It’s a beautiful country with such a different way of life than I’m used to, so I’d like to experience that culture shock.

What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? I hope to broaden my horizons so that I can gain a new perspective about different ways of life. Hopefully my students will be able to learn from my experiences as well.

June
Age: 24

Pronouns: She/Her

Personality Type: ISFJ, 2w1

Hometown: Atlanta, GA

Connection to teammate: Colleague, friend

Current Occupation: Teacher’s Assistant

Three words to describe you: Warm, patient, loyal

Favorite hobbies: Cooking, gardening, Photography

Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: Leaving behind the taxi drivers and other residents of the places we visited that were kind and helpful.

Pet peeve about your teammate: They tend to lleap before they look, especially when it comes to helping others.

What country/place would you most like to go and why? Senegal because my grandparents immigrated from there and I’d like to get to know what it’s like there.

What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? I hope to visit places that I’ve studied and get to learn about their history in person.