Sherry Shaoling is a Chinese-American woman who grew up in Honolulu, earned a degree in Biology under a full scholarship in Music playing the violin, taught high school Algebra, did genetics research, worked as a bi-lingual flight attendant based in Hong Kong, became an opera singer, moved to LA and became an actor, opened a Shaolin Kungfu school in Chinatown. She is now performing Stand Up Comedy all over the world including Hong Kong and Shanghai.
On performing: Every time you get up there and do it, it just becomes
easier, and then you kind of become addicted to it, musical theater and
opera. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 20 March 2003)