Andre Shakti is a trailblazing American adult performer, educator, producer, and activist born in Baltimore, Maryland. A trans woman with brown hair and Caucasian ethnicity, she launched her porn career in 2012, amassing a prolific filmography through 2023. Specializing in queer, lesbian-only, BDSM, fetish, and competitive sex wrestling, her work features dominant performances in strap-on, fisting, and submission scenes for studios like Kink.com's Whipped Ass and Divine Bitches, Crash Pad Series, Evolved Fights, Filly Films, and Trouble Films. Nominated for the 2024 AVN Fan Award for Hottest Trans Creator Collab, she also goes by Sister Balkin. Relocating to the Bay Area, California, Shakti champions sex workers' rights, de-stigmatizing the industry, and normalizing alternative desires. She writes on sex work for Cosmopolitan and Harlot.com, contributed an essay to 'Coming Out Like a Porn Star,' and serves on the Sex Down South Conference committee. As an educator, she teaches inclusive classes like 'Flirting 101,' focusing on consent, boundaries, and empowerment across genders, orientations, and relationships.