Jo Weldon, aka Jo Boobs, is pioneer in the neo-burlesque movement, a strip joint stripper since 1980 who became a touring feature dancer and fetish performer, then joined the New York Burlesque community in the 1990s. Since then, she has toured the world as a burlesque performer, rounding her heels on stages from Coney Island to Sydney Harbor. She has appeared on the list of 21th Century Burlesque's Top 50 Burlesque Industry Figures every year for ten years.

She founded and has been running the New York School of Burlesque since 2004, and is the author of The Burlesque Handbook, the first book ever published on how to create classic and neo burlesque routines. She recently published her second book: FIERCE: The History of Leopard Print.

She has produced six burlesque instructional video programs with World Dance New York, is a founding member and Vice-President of BurlyCon, and co-executive Director of Education at The Burlesque Hall of Fame. She has been an influential sex workers' rights advocate for over two decades.