About Alyssa Aparicio
Visionary Artist, Founder & CEO of Pussy Empowered™
Degrees, Certifications, & Community
BA in Anthropology at Vassar College
Certified Radical Awakenings Embodiment Practitioner
Certified Posture Educator with Yogalign/FitAlign
Founding Member of Stripper Co-Op
Executive Secretary of Pelvic Sanctuary
Alyssa Aparicio is a visionary multidisciplinary creatrix. Her art spans across music, performance art, choreography, writing and modeling. Shaped by a lifelong passion for creativity, she has built a career that bridges anthropology, performance, and empowerment.
As Founder & CEO of Pussy Empowered™, Alyssa has created a space for individuals to explore their power, sensuality, and confidence through embodiment and expression. Her offerings span across retreats, in person werkshops, virtual classes and one on one coaching.
She is the host of Pussy Empowered PARTY, an Immersive, Intimate, Electric Experience of Erotic Embodiment & Expression.
She also hosts Pussy Empowered Podcast®, where she discusses all things Pussy Power from periods to pole dancing & guides individuals to embody their power with her Pussy Empowered approach.
She is equal parts Bronx bitch & tropical witch. Born and raised in the boogie down, she attended the same high school as JLO where she was at constant odds with the nuns who continuously told her her skirt was too short.
After 14 years of Catholic school, she escaped to the liberal world of Vassar College. Her degree in Anthropology and Hispanic Studies continues to inform her research in embodiment and expression of femininity. On campus, she was Co-Founder of the ongoing Vassar hip hop crew, Hype.
From age 14 she fervently pursued a career as a fashion model in NYC and was featured on Project Runway and in a global campaign for Converse, amongst other achievements. Her work took her to Europe and Los Angeles.
She soon got sick of starving herself and being told her curves looked “too healthy”. So she returned to her first love, dance.
Alyssa has been a lifelong performer, dancing and competing at her local dance studio since the age of 2. She has been a professional and/or aficionado of the following styles: burlesque, samba, belly dance, stripping, hip hop, and flamenco. She performs her fusion style internationally as a solo artist. Recent highlights include the Panama Burlesque Festival , Mexico Burlesque Festival and Lightning in a Bottle. She has performed across the US, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. She also performs with the Ghetto Stiletto Girls under renowned creative director and choreographer Apollo Sa’deek.
Alyssa is an accomplished visual artist and Co-Founder of Flash the Abyss- "a photographic journey to remove boundaries between woman and whatever she pleases". This project exemplifies the feminine connection with nature and celebration of the feminine in her natural, sensual state. @Flash_the_Abyss has over 25,000 followers on Instagram and has been shared in galleries throughout Los Angeles. Alyssa is currently producing a documentary about the feminine expression in flamenco dance alongside her creative partner/partner in love, Erik “Talltree” Butts.
Among her past endeavors Alyssa has worked as West Coast Editor and contributor for Elite Daily Magazine and Co-Founded WildSpice Magazine- a boutique online magazine for “unadulterated and feisty freedom of expression”. Her writing has been published on Elite Daily, WildSpice Magazine, Vibe and more.
Alyssa currently resides in Puerto Rico.
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