Carol left a successful career as a New York architectural designer to attend the American Film Institute where she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Film, with an emphasis in Production Design. She has a Bachelor of Architecture and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a major in Interior Design, from Pratt Institute. She was a partner in a New York design/build firm before opening her own design office. Her design projects have been published in magazines (Interiors, House & Garden Decorating Guide, House Beautiful's Home Remodeling), books, and exhibited in shows, including the American Institute of Architects show Women in Architecture. Her photographs have been shown in many group shows, winning the 1989 NYU small works show Jury Award.

Most recently, Carol designed CAMP HOPE starring Bruce Davison, Dana Delaney and Andrew McCarthy, directed by George Van Buskirk. Other feature films she’s designed include: OLDER THAN AMERICA, starring Adam Beach, Wes Studi and Tantoo Cardinal, directed by Georgina Lightning; WEST 32ND, starring John Cho, Grace Park and Jun-ho Jeong and directed by Michael Kang, an Official Selection of the Tribecca Film Festival; STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING, starring Frank Langella, Lily Taylor and Lauren Ambrose, directed by Andrew Wagner, an Official Selection at the 2007 Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals; MAN IN THE CHAIR, starring Christopher Plummer and Michael Angarano, written and directed by Michael Schroeder, an Official Selection of the 2007 Berlin and Santa Barbara Film Festivals; THIRTEEN, starring Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Woods and Jeremy Sisto, written and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, an Official Selection of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and distributed by Fox Searchlight; MANIC, starring Don Cheadle, J. Gordon Levitt and Zoe Deschanel, directed by Jordan Melamed, an Official Selection of the 2001 Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals and distributed by IFC Films; AMY’S ORGASM aka WHY LOVE DOESN’T WORK, directed by Julie Davis, an Official Selection at 2001 Santa Barbara Film Festival; SPARK, starring Terrance Howard, Nicole Ari Parker and Brenden Sexton III, directed by Garret Williams and an Official Selection of the 1998 Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and distributed by Warner Brothers Home Video ; PLAN B, starring Jon Cryer and Lance Guest and directed by Gary Leva; I LOVE YOU, DON’T TOUCH ME!, directed by Julie Davis, an Official Selection of the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and distributed by MGM; STAR MAPS, directed by Miguel Arteta, an Official Selection of the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and distributed by Fox Searchlight; ONE GOOD TURN, starring James Remar, Lenny Von Dohlen, Suzy Amis and John Savage, directed by Tony Randel (Overseas Film Group and Zeta Entertainment, Ltd.); WHERE THE ELEPHANT SITS, directed by Mark Lowenthal, winner of the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and the Crystal Bear at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival); UNDER HEAT, directed by Peter Reed, starring Lee Grant, Robert Knepper and Eric Swanson; as well as several very worthy but never completed projects.