'I like how drag performers have different styles and personalities but we all get along — it’s not all about glamour.'
"I'm Filipino, the youngest of 4 siblings, and my name is an homage to my sisters. Angelíca comes from my oldest sister, Angela, and Grace comes from my second sister, Sam, because her middle name is Grace. I identify as a trans woman. For the past five years, I actually identified as genderqueer/non-binary and used they/them/their but just this past May, I realized I'm actually a trans woman. Gender is so fluid and everyone's journey with it is not the same.
I didn't fully hone in on my artistic capabilities until I entered high school and joined the theatre department. I loved performing onstage. The department would throw an annual cabaret and turn the theater into a coffeehouse with tables and a stage, and though I had never performed in drag, I auditioned and got in. It became my safe space to explore.
As a freshman, I joined the youth ensemble at About Face Theatre, Chicago's leading LGBTQ+ theatre company whose work is dedicated to expanding the national dialogue on gender and sexuality. I got to perform in drag for the second time at event in conjunction with Salonathon, which was a show created by Jane Beachy for underground, emerging, and genre-defying art.
It wasn't till 2018 that my drag took off. I'm also an actor, so a lot of my performance opportunities have been through theatre connections. I'm now an Artistic Associate at Random Acts Chicago and perform at a new monthly variety series they do called #SafeSpace.
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