PalmBeachPost.com – By Leslie Gray Streeter – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
All Katelynn Cusanelli was trying to do was give a friend a ride to Miami.
But that ride began a journey that continued on to a reality show in New York City and, if Cusanelli has her way, will end in a happy and uplifting place.
“I want to use this as an opportunity to educate the public at large. Everything else is circumstantial,” says the 24-year-old former Palm Beach Community College student, who makes her debut on Jan. 7 as the first ever transsexual cast member on MTV’s reality stalwart The Real World, on its 21st season.