[6] She used to suffer from PTSD and anxiety, which she attributed to her single-parent home, but stopped having panic attacks after starting drag.

[13] She lived as a trans woman for a year at age 18, later coming to identify as genderqueer after learning about non-binary gender identities.

I've been working on my burlesque and my live music, and I don't really have the drive to dance and flip flop and be doing dips and, 'Is she gonna jump from there?'

"[7] In 2023, Aja appeared on the first episode of the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as a “lip-sync assassin”, where she faced off against the week's winner, Kahanna Montrese, to Beyoncé’s “Freakum Dress”.

[b][4] Aja released the single "Level Ya Pussy Up" with producers WNNR and DJ Accident Report in February 2017.

[30] Aja's single with fellow season 9 queens Sasha Velour, Peppermint and Alexis Michelle, titled "C.L.A.T.

[31][32] The track was produced by DJ Mitch Ferrino, who was featured on "Purse First" by Bob the Drag Queen.

[33] Producer Adam Joseph remixed Aja's rant about fellow season 9 queen Valentina in a track called "Linda Evangelista".

[39] Videos for two other songs from In My Feelings, "Brujería" and "I Don't Wanna Brag", were released on May 7, 2018, and July 13, 2018, respectively.

[45] It was preceded by the music videos for its singles "Mama Chola" (featuring Amira Wang) on August 30, 2019, and "The Purge" on September 23, 2019.

[48] Just before filming season 9 of Drag Race, Aja was in a situation of domestic violence with a previous boyfriend.

In August 2018, Aja was banned from Twitter for referring to a user who discounted her gender identity as a "senseless cow".

Especially for someone who identifies as more fluid on the spectrum, as nonbinary, one of the things that really influenced was people thinking there's this dramatic transformation and detachment from Aja as a person and an artist.

[10]In December 2021, Aja came out as a transgender woman, and announced the beginning of her transition, explaining in an Instagram post and GoFundMe campaign, "I have lived my life as Non Binary since 2018 and have recently began to identify more with the feminine aspect of my identity.