Mariah Barrera is a Mexican-American filmmaker and writer born and raised in Michigan. She is based part-time in New York City where she graduated as a first-generation student Columbia University with a B.A. in Film + Media Studies and Creative Writing. Her films have been shown at festivals such as Urbanworld, Cleveland International Film Festival, NFFTY, Virginia Film Festival and DOC NYC and highlighted by The Washington Post, Mitú, NowThis, Stylecaster, Women and Hollywood, and Adobe Gen Create. She has garnered recognition as a YoungArts Alumna, Mitú-Walmart Film Mentee, Made In Her Image Panavision Mentee, Hispanic Heritage Foundation Awardee, E.l.f x Her Campus 22 Under 22 Award Winner, & Sotheby's Art Noir Grantee. She has participated in film fellowships/mentorships with Still I Rise Films, Picture Farm, and Panavision x Made in Her Image. She has also interned with companies such as Yahoo's BUILT BY GIRLS and MACRO.

Her films aim to amplify themes of social justice and equity, drawing from her family’s & communities’ experiences in the urban Midwest. Using these stories, she is passionate about bridging the gap between narrative and documentary through poetry. Currently, she is exhibiting her film "Still Here," which follows three brothers affected by violence, poverty, and prison. She is also working on her second documentary as a Still I Rise Films Fellow and is embarking on a Commercial Director Mentorship Program with the NY-based production company Picture Farm, supported by Kodak & AbelCine. She is also a current NextDoc Fellow.

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