[6] In 2023, de Leon competed as Aura Mayari on the fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.

[9][10] Aura Mayari was eliminated on the seventh episode after placing in the bottom two in an acting challenge, then losing a lip-sync battle against Jax to "Sweetest Pie" (2022) by Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion.

[15] Queerty's Cameron Scheetz called her time on the show "memorable" and said "she served up some fierce dance moves, sickening runway fashion, and enough 'boy Aura' photos to earn the (self-proclaimed) moniker of the 'horniest queen of the season'".

[16] The website also described her as "the world’s premier Filipino-American frat bro turned drag sorority sis".

[18] According to Vogue, Aura Mayari is "named after the goddess of the moon and the ruler of the night in Kapampangan mythology".