Carissa Jean Mares

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Location
Petaluma, CA
School
Northwest Film Center, Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland Community College
Expertise
Entertainment Industry Gossip, True Crime, Political Science
  • In 2023, Carissa turned her personal issues with a famous astrologer into her memoir, "The Breaking Zodiac Wheel," published on Substack.
  • She has hosted Q&A sessions for small and large celebrities and filmmakers.
  • Carissa is an emerging screenwriter who was lucky enough to be a Willamette Writers FilmLab cohort in 2024, getting to sit in an actual writers' room.

Experience

Carissa got her start writing professionally in 2020 while freelancing for a media and tech company. After working her way up to project manager, she opted to move across the country and get back to her writing roots. Carissa weaves her creative arts background into everything she does, from making zines to writing news articles. She joined Static Media in 2024 and can be found haunting downtown Petaluma, California.

Education

Carissa has a certificate in screenwriting from the Northwest Film Center, a certificate in Comics & Illustration from the Independent Publishing Resource Center, and happily dropped out of Pacific Northwest College of Art because they got rid of their color dark room.

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