Francis "Kiko" Yutrago, known by the stage name Francheska Dynamites, is a Filipino-Canadian care worker and drag performer who was featured in the third season of Canada's a Drag and the subject of the 2022 documentary film which premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival.[1] [2]
Along with working as a drag performer and care worker in a nursing home he also works in the fast food industry and in janitorial services.[3]
In drag he has won multiple pageantry titles including Miss Fiesta Filipino Queen in 2019, Miss Dame of Progress in 2019, Miss Queen Philippines Canada in 2018,Queen of Canada The pageant-Tourism 2023. She was also the first drag queen from Lethbridge to be a finalist of Alberta's Next Drag Superstar.
He was one of the Canadian drag performers featured in the third season of the CBC Gem series Canada's a Drag in 2020. He was the subject of director Laura Lynn O'Grady's documentary which follows Yutrago as he works as a care worker and drag queen in Lethbridge, Alberta to support his family in The Philippines after a typhoon hits their home. It also follows Yutrago and his fiancé as he prepares to compete in a pageant as Francheska.
Yutrago was born in The Philippines and later immigrated to Canada in 2010 under the live-in caregiver program. He works to pay for his mother's medication, his brother's tuition, and to support his family in The Philippines.[4]
Yutrago's drag name comes from people in The Philippines teasing him by changing his name from masculine Francis to feminine Francheska. His drag persona is inspired by Beyoncé and other R&B artists.
As of 2020 Yutrago lives in Stirling, Alberta with fiancé Cody, and commonly performs in Lethbridge.