[6][1] Caliente was announced to be one of thirteen contestants in the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on November 13, 2011.

[8] Her acting career began in 2015 when she played a role in the season-two finale of Broad City as a shop owner.

[12] She made an appearance as a backup singer on the music video for Bob The Drag Queen and Alaska's "Yet Another Dig".

She later confirmed she would be back for more episodes of Pose's second season, on Bootleg Fashion Photo Review, and the web series by Drag Race alum Yuhua Hamasaki.

In September 2018, Caliente performed as a background dancer behind Christina Aguilera for Opening Ceremony's Spring 2019 collection alongside other Drag Race alumni.

[16] In 2020, Jiggly Caliente co-hosted Translation, the first talk show on a major network hosted by an all-trans cast.

[20] The music video for the song "All This Body" premiered on November 30, 2018, and featured Alaska, Minj and Isis King.