MARIE CHENG (she/her) is a comedy writer-performer based in Los Angeles. As the first in her family born in the U.S., she grew up torn between her Chinese heritage and all-American upbringing. She graduated from Chapman's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts with a BFA in Animation through the support of a Presidential Scholarship. She studied abroad in Florence, Italy, and won't stop talking about it. She loves curly fries and animals that look like bread.