Jazmine Miyake-Mugler
PortraitJazmine Carter Miyake-Mugler is a force to be reckoned with, having battled and triumphed against legends and icons for Face and Realness alike. As a young house mother, she quickly embraced leadership and is already guiding the next generation of kids to greatness.
Beyond the Ballroom floor, Jazmine is a model championing trans representation and a passionate advocate for HIV awareness. She combines her platform with her purpose, empowering communities and advancing education around HIV prevention and care.
For Jazmine, Ballroom is a space of resilience. Through community, mentorship, and sheer determination, it shows you that no matter what’s stacked against you, you have the strength to rise above it.
Too often, sexual education for queer communities comes secondhand—through lived experience, word of mouth, or community knowledge. These gaps leave so many of us at risk. But Ballroom has always been a space where people like us teach and uplift one another.
Whether it’s about harm reduction, sexual health, or HIV prevention, leaders and house parents pass down real, practical knowledge to the next generation. Without this community, we wouldn’t have had the resilience to endure the hardest times.
Ballroom is the foundation of resilience for so many of us. It’s where we learn, grow, and pass on the knowledge that keeps our community safe.
