School
Northwest Film Center, Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland Community College
Expertise
Red Carpet Fashion, Celebrity Drama, Modern Folk Design
- 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.
- She is a Willamette Writers Film Lab 2024 cohort, with a collaborative script slated for production in 2025.
Experience
Carissa has been a professional writer since 2020, although she has been creating since she could walk. She is a founding member of a celebrated art collective, Soft Skills, and has helped them organize events, publish anthologies, and dabble in distribution. For a few years she was a project manager for The Really Useful Information Company, providing small business owners the tools needed to build professional websites. Her passion for pop culture really took off when she dropped out of art school to focus on making screen prints of bad girl celebrity mug shots from the 2000s. She joined Static Media in 2024 and can be found annoying her ornery cat in California.
Education
Carissa has a Screenwriting degree from the Northwest Film Center and a Certificate in Comics & Illustration from the Independent Publishing Resource Center.
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Entertainment
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Everyone adored Winnie Cooper from "The Wonder Years," but Danica McKellar, star of the hit TV show, has come a long way since her child acting days.
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Celebs
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Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor have known each other for nearly two decades, but that's still not as big as the age gap between the two stars.
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