Shereen Kassam

Shereen is an internationally touring stand-up comedian who has performed worldwide on stages from New York to Saigon. Named Florida’s Funniest Female, Shereen has also appeared on HBO and NBC. In addition, she is the previous winner of the Orlando Improv Clash of the Comics and the Brickell Comedy Festival. Shereen has had the opportunity to work with Arsenio Hall, Carlos Mencia, Gina Brillon, Rodney Perry, and Myq Kaplan.

Shereen’s comedy draws on her background as an East-African (Kenyan/Tanzanian), South-Asian Muslim woman who grew up in the United States.  

Shereen is also the host of the top-rated Apple podcast – Creative Breakthrough – a podcast that spotlights successful creatives and artist. The International Women’s Podcast Awards crowned Creative Breakthrough the winner in the Moment of Badass Business Advice category.

Shereen also enjoys acting and has appeared in commercials, including for the Florida Lotto, and webseries, such as DROP.

When Shereen’s not touring the world, she’s sipping chai lattes and pouring over data as a Strategy Manager at The Walt Disney Company. Previously, she has worked in various roles at JPMorgan, Deloitte, and Amazon. Shereen received her BA from Brown University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, she resides in Orlando, Florida and has a serious problem saying no to chicken wings.

In 2021, Shereen was honored as one of Orlando Business Journal’s 40 Under 40.  And in 2022, Shereen performed a TEDx Talk at TEDx Eustis titled, “How Chicken Wings Made Me Unstoppable”.