Born in 1983 in France from a French and Belgian background, Carmen grew up in Bordeaux.

During her studies, she spent two years in the USA and one semester in Rome. She earned her master degree from EDHEC Business School Lille (Diplôme Grande Ecole) in 2007 and her Architecture Diploma from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-la-Villette in 2011.

Carmen moved to Germany in 2012, and worked during 3 years at the architecture office Auer Weber in Munich on big scale projects in Gemany and abroad. She has taken part in the designing for the next Stadium in Aix en Provence (France), project which was conducted using Building Information Modeling (BIM).

From her dual specialization and international background, Carmen has formed a singular approach on architecture mixing creativity, architectural theory and cost management.