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While it’s always wonderful to see drag queens present their performance in RuPaul’s Drag Race, it’s an added joy to see pit crew members pop up on the screen. Acting as a gender-swapped version of the beautiful, silent gameshow models of the past, the Pit Crew members, who are always half-naked, assist RuPaul and the queens during both Mini and Maxi Challenges
Calixto Quan is one of the pit crew members in RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15. Read the wiki article below to learn about Calixto’s RuPaul’s Drag Race stint, his age, net worth, and more.
Meet Calixto Quan, RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Pit Crew
Besides Calixto Quan, the other pit crew members who assist RuPaul and the queens during various challenges are Bryce Eilenberg, Bruno Alcantara, Asaf Goren, and Jesse Pattison.
According to Out, Calixto Quan, a model and gamer, can be seen “helping with photography or spinning the wheel of lipsynching for the queens” on Drag Race. Recently, Calixto also shot the queens during the Wearable Pop Art mini-challenge.
In his conversation with Out, the Drag Race star also expressed his pride in representing both the Asian and Latinx communities. “I am humbled and feel lucky to be able to represent both my Asian and Latino heritage in the media landscape. I’d like to think that my participation in such an iconic show is helping change the environment to show that Asian men are sexy and that Salvadoran men can also stand out on the world media stage,”
In response to the question about what valuable lesson did Calixto learn from RuPaul’s Drag Race, he shared that the biggest lesson he learned was that it is not only ok to be yourself but is imperative to be yourself. Furthermore, he added, “… I am very much a flawed human being; I am complex, clumsy, geeky, and the show has embraced every part of me and made me feel empowered….”
Calixto has been a Pit Crew member since RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14.
Calixto Quan Net Worth
According to Calixto’s LinkedIn profile, Calixto Quan is a Senior Program Manager, Creator of Diversity at Twitch. One of his major responsibilities at Twitch is to “lead the development and execution of scaled creator program strategies, messaging, execution, and success metrics to support Twitch’s business goals related to diverse creator success.”
Besides working at Twitch, he has also been working as a freelance strategy consultant and content writer at Medium. The two articles Calixto has written on Medium to date are “The two-year rule of thumb” and “Startup, aka Gladiator Training.”
Some of Calixto’s past jobs were Head of Growth & Partnerships at Sessions, Senior Program Manager at HONK Technologies, and AAA AAA Dispatch Operations Supervisor | Project Manager at AAA.
Drag Race newbie is also a model and has worked for Paradise Valley Fashion.
Based on his profile at ExploreTalent.com, he loves to work out and travel. Some of his hobbies are to “swim, paint, origami, and web design among others.
Calixto’s LinkedIn handle shows that he joined Arizona State University to study Business Administration in 2012 and his study is still in progress. In 2011, Calixto completed his Associate’s Degree in Arts (Japanese) at Glendale Community College.
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As of January 2023, Calixto’s net worth was estimated to be under $5 million.
Calixto Quan Age
As per radaris.com, Calixto Quan was born in 1987. His age was 35 at the time of this writing.
Is Calixto Quan Filipino?
Yes, Calixto Quan is a Filipino. In fact, he has mixed ethnicity as he has Filipino and El Salvadorian roots. On March 18, 2021, Calixto took to Instagram and raised his voice for #STOPASIANHATE campaign. he wrote, “Make this insanity stop. It starts at a one-on-one level. Word of mouth. Attaching ethnicity to a disease. Assuming someone is good at something solely because of their ethnicity….”
Who Are Calixto Quan Parents?
Talking about Calixto’s parents, he shared a picture with his mom at Mariposa. In an IG post, he wrote, “This is an early combo post cuz it was my mom’s birthday and it’s like 2 weeks after BUT it’s also almost Mother’s Day. So here it is – mom and I at @mariposa_sedona.”
On November 5, 2015, Calixto also made a post wishing his grandmother a happy birthday sharing a picture with her. On November 24, 2021, he took to share a family picture from the reunion party.
Calixto Quan Partner
RuPaul’s Drag Race pit crew star rarely makes any posts about his personal life on the Internet. Therefore, we do not if Calixto Quan had any partner at the time of this writing.
However, as of 2023, it looked like Calixto’s relationship status was single.
Calixto Quan Height
Calixton Quan stands tall at 6 feet 2 inches, weighs at 174 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.
In his conversation with Out, Calixto shared that his regular skincare routine is very important to him and it consists of “a mild cleanser, vitamin C serum, moisturizer, eye cream, and sunblock.”
Related FAQs
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When Is Calixto Quan Birthday?
Most probably, Calixto Quan celebrates his birthday on the 21st of December every year.
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Where Does Calixto Quan Reside?
As per Calixto’s Twitter bio, he currently resides in Hollywood, California.
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Is Calixto Quan On Instagram?
Yes, Calixto Quan is on Instagram @keelix and has over 41.2 thousand followers on the platform. Judging from his Instagram, he loves dogs, traveling, and going out with friends. Furthermore, you can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.
