Bio

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 published in Du Magazin, New York Magazine, nationalgeographic.com and Divino Magazine. The photography book "Rise" features her recent work in Haiti. Published by the Legatum Institute and Foto8 and coming out January 2011.

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 boyfriend Evan Abramson, she is producing two films that will be shown at the DC Environmental Film Festival in March 2011.