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• Is second cousins, once removed with politician Chuck Schumer.
• Appeared in college productions of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Stop Kiss.
• Studied at the William Esper Studio, focusing on the Meisner technique, in New York City.
• Starred as a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer in the off-Broadway play Keeping A-Breast.
• Was offered a contract by VH1 based on her self-produced comedy video short Chinese New Year.
• In 2007, placed fourth on the competitive reality show Last Comic Standing.
• Has written for Cosmopolitan magazine.