In 2017, Google commissioned Sasha to create a Google Doodle in honor of Marlene Dietrich's 116th birthday.
Is known for performing with a bald head in drag. This is tribute to his mother, who died of cancer in 2015 and lost her hair during treatment.
Identifies as genderqueer and doesn't have any preferred pronouns when out of drag. When performing in drag, Sasha Velour is referred to as 'she' or 'her'.
Spent time as a part-time security guard at the Russian State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and interned at the Staatsoper (State Opera) in Berlin, Germany.
Received an MFA in cartooning from the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont (2013).
Sasha directed Opening Ceremony's NYFW show in September 2018, casting the first all LGBTQ+ show which also featured a surprise performance from Christina Aguilera.
Before Drag Race, Sasha worked as Head of Production for children's comic book publisher, Toon Books.
Is the director of drag magazine, 'Velour: The Drag Magazine'.
Has a pet Italian greyhound called Vanya.
Is of Russian-Jewish decent and did his Fulbright scholarship in Russia.
Holds a BA in Modern Literature from Vassar College (2009).
His father was a Russian historian at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
In April 2023 published "The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag".