BERLIN MAIR projects.  about.  cv.


EDUCATION
2025 MFA in Creative Writing | California Institute of the Arts
2016 BA in Creative Writing | Columbia College Chicago
EDITORIAL
2025 Utah International Film Festival
Script Reader
2025 May You Find What You're Looking For
Production Editor
2025 Strip Mall Magazine, Issue 03: Spring 2025
Editor in Chief
2024 Strip Mall Magazine, Issue 02: Fall 2024
Editor in Chief
2024 Strip Mall Magazine, Issue 01: Spring 2024
Editor in Chief
PUBLICATIONS
2025 "Lucky," May You Find What You're Looking For
2018 "Down by the Highway," Hair Trigger: Vol. 40
FILM PRODUCTION
2025 Lucky
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
2025 Horseplay, dir. Jesse Vela
Production Assistant
HONORS
2024 Irene Borger Award for Writers
2018 Columbia Scholastic Press, Gold Circle Award
First Place, Essays in Magazines
READINGS
May 2025 REDCAT Showcase, Los Angeles, CA
May 2025 Strip Mall Magaine Spring 2025 Launch, Los Angeles, CA
Organizer
May 2025 Next Words Reading Series, Los Angeles, CA
Mar. 2025 CalArts Creative Writing AWP Reading, Los Angeles, CA
Apr. 2024 Strip Mall Magaine Spring 2024 Launch, Valencia, CA
Organizer
Dec. 2023 Lucid Dreams, Valencia, CA
Nov. 2023 SPRAWL Reading Series, Valencia, CA
TEACHING
Teaching Associate, School of Critical Studies
California Insitute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2023/4 CCIS-100-01: Intro to Critical Studies
CCIS-181-01: Gangsters, Geeks & Spies: The Asian Experience in the U.S.
2024/5 CCST-100-01: Intro to Critical Studies
CSCM-125-01: There's a Gene for that?
NON-PROFIT WORK
2023 Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Draper, UT
Educator
2023 Big Bend National Park, TX
Visitor Services
2021-2022 Camp Fire Wilani Outdoor School, Springfield, OR
Programs Director
2017-2019 Spartanburg County Public Libraries, Spartanburg, SC
Library Assistant
2013-2015 Community Education Partnership, Salt Lake City, UT
Language Arts Educator