BERLIN MAIR


EDUCATION
MFA in Creative Writing 2025
California Institute of the Arts
BA in Creative Writing 2016
Columbia College Chicago
EDITORIAL
Utah International Film Festival 2025
Script Reader
May You Find What You're Looking For 2025
Production Editor
Strip Mall Magazine, Issue 03 2025
Editor in Chief
Strip Mall Magazine, Issue 02 2024
Editor in Chief
Strip Mall Magazine, Issue 01 2024
Editor in Chief
PUBLICATIONS
"Lucky," May You Find What You're Looking For 2025
"Down by the Highway," Hair Trigger: Vol. 40 2018
FILM
Lucky 2025
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
Horseplay, dir. Jesse Vela 2025
Production Assistant
HONORS
Irene Borger Award for Writers 2024
Columbia Scholastic Press, Gold Circle Award 2018
First Place, Essays in Magazines
READINGS
REDCAT Showcase May 2025
Los Angeles, CA
Strip Mall Magaine Spring 2025 Launch May 2025
Los Angeles, CA. Organizer
Next Words Reading Series May 2025
Los Angeles, CA
CalArts Creative Writing AWP Reading Mar. 2025
Los Angeles, CA
Strip Mall Magaine Spring 2024 Launch Apr. 2024
Valencia, CA. Organizer
Lucid Dreams Dec. 2023
SPRAWL Reading Series
Nov. 2023
Valencia, CA
TEACHING
Teaching Associate, School of Critical Studies
California Insitute of the Arts
CCIS-100-01: 2023-2024
Intro to Critical Studies
CCIS-181-01: 2024
Gangsters, Geeks & Spies:
The Asian Experience in the U.S.
CSCM-125-01: 2025
There's a Gene for that?
NON-PROFIT WORK
Loveland Living Planet Aquarium 2023
Educator
Big Bend National Park 2023
Visitor Services
Camp Fire Wilani Outdoor School 2021-2022
Programs Director
Spartanburg County Public Libraries 2017-2019
Library Assistant
Community Education Partnership 2013-2015
Language Arts Educator