Carmen was born in Lima, Peru. Her nomadic life began just a few months after when her family moved to Switzerland, Panama, Argentina, Honduras, Brazil, France and Belgium. Her obsessions and desires in life have ranged from getting abducted by aliens to becoming a motocross professional to hunting for her family’ s long lost gold treasure, which has yet to be found.
Her work has been exhibited in museums and universities around the world and has been published in Du Magazin, New York Magazine, nationalgeographic.com, Science Magazine, The World Bank Blog and Divino Magazine. The photography book "Rise" features her recent work in Haiti. Published by the Legatum Institute and Foto8 released on January 2011. Her films appeared in over 40 countries and she has won over twenty film awards. Carmen has appeared in panels at international and US environmental film festivals, the UNEP in Switzerland and the UNDP in NYC.
She studied film at NYU and the School of Visual Arts, and holds a B.A. in Political Science from The Catholic University and a certificate in International Studies from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Along with her husband Evan Abramson, she produced, directed and wrote Carbon for Water which won over twenty awards worldwide. She is currently working on a new documentary Last Stand on the Island which is expected to be completed by the end of 2013.