Xandra Ilbara aka: Chica Boom
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Xandra Ibarra is a Radical Queer Xicana and a first generation American.

By day Xandra is a community organizer and facilitator.  She values critical thinking and analysis, popular education, and mobilization. 

By night she is Chica Boom,  Seattle's only Xicana Burlesque Mistress. She has been seductively weaving her cultural and sexual identity through burlesque, alternative dance, theatre across the nation.

La Chica Boom takes off more than her sombrero! Mexican starlet Chica Boom is a sin-sensational finger lickin' good Xicana who is tantilizing audiences in the emerald city of Seattle. She is currently a member of BurlyQ the first all Queer cabaret in the United States. Chica was also crowned with the prestigious title of Washington's Ms. Gay Latina 2005 and garnered the cover of the award-winning, multicultural publication ColorsNW.

She most recently performed with the Fluffgirl Burlesque on their Summer and Fall tours. As performed as a solo siren at the world's only Burlesque Convention, Tease-o-rama.  Chica Boom is the quintessential Xicana Burlesque Mistress, she will dance her way into your corazon and leave you feeling caliente. Viva La Chica Boom!