Melissa Christine is a humor writer and stand-up comedian based in San Francisco. 

She has performed at San Francisco Punchline, the San Jose Improv, Loons on the Lake Comedy Festival, and numerous basement bars throughout the country. 

Her writing tackles topics big and small, from abortion and the climate crisis to pharmacy rewards and fitted sheets. 

She has studied at Second City Chicago, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and HUGE Improv in Minneapolis.

You can catch her weekdays at her side gig as a physician at a major California HMO (which will not be named here).