She is an expert in the field of Planning and Environmental Law, a Co-Convener of the Caribbean Planners Association (CPA), a member of the Physical and Environmental Planning Sub-Sector Committee of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Advisory Committee of the Urban Planning Programme of the University of Technology (UTECH). She is also recognized as a UN Global Evaluation Expert.
Carolyn has been preparing land use, integrated landscape, coastal zone, human settlement and regional and community development plans, for both urban and rural communities, areas and regions in the terrestrial and marine realms of Belize, for over 25 years, and for the last four years, facilitating capacity building in leadership, strategic planning, project management and monitoring and evaluation for results and conducting evaluation of programmes and projects.