Born in Mexico City, Carolina Rivera studied Communications and Media Studies at the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente in Guadalajara, Jalisco (ITESO), and screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She began her writing career in radio, as the producer of the spanish rock program, Ecos de un aliento descongelado, broadcast by Radio Universidad de Guadalajara, and the program Buenos días broadcast by Radio Metropoli. She wrote a number of episodes of Sesame Street (Televisa, 1994-1995) and was the head of writing and development of the children's programming division at Canal 11 (1996-1999). She was also the creator and supervising writer of the children's show Bizbirije (1995-1999), as well as of the mini series Mi gran amigo (1998-2002), Camino a casa (2002), and El diván de Valentina (2002)- all produced by Canal 11 at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN). She also worked as a writer of the series Cash y amor (Telemundo) which was broadcast in Puerto Rico and the United States. In 1995, her first feature length screenplay, Recipes to Stay Together (Cilantro y perejil), was made into a film directed by Rafael Montero. The film received nine Arieles (1997), among them, Best Original Screenplay, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Music (composed by Carolina herself, along with Enrique Quezada and Fernando Sariñana. In 1999, she collaborated in the screenplay of Todo el poder (2001) by Fernando Sariñana. She then wrote El segundo aire (2001) by Fernando Sariñana, Atlético San Pancho (2001) by Gustavo Loza: Amar te duele (2002) by Fernando Sariñana; Amor extremo (2006) by Chava Cartas; Las niñas mal (2007) by Fernando Sariñana; Enemigos íntimos (2007) by Fernando Sariñana. In 2006, she wrote and directed the segment Dos meses de renta of the film Sexo, amor y otras perversiones.
Born in Mexico City, Carolina Rivera studied Communications and Media Studies at the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente in Guadalajara, Jalisco (ITESO), and screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She began her writing career in radio, as the producer of the spanish rock program, Ecos de un aliento descongelado, broadcast by Radio Universidad de Guadalajara, and the program Buenos días broadcast by Radio Metropoli. She wrote a number of episodes of Sesame Street (Televisa, 1994-1995) and was the head of writing and development of the children's programming division at Canal 11 (1996-1999). She was also the creator and supervising writer of the children's show Bizbirije (1995-1999), as well as of the mini series Mi gran amigo (1998-2002), Camino a casa (2002), and El diván de Valentina (2002)- all produced by Canal 11 at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN). She also worked as a writer of the series Cash y amor (Telemundo) which was broadcast in Puerto Rico and the United States. In 1995, her first feature length screenplay, Recipes to Stay Together (Cilantro y perejil), was made into a film directed by Rafael Montero. The film received nine Arieles (1997), among them, Best Original Screenplay, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Music (composed by Carolina herself, along with Enrique Quezada and Fernando Sariñana. In 1999, she collaborated in the screenplay of Todo el poder (2001) by Fernando Sariñana. She then wrote El segundo aire (2001) by Fernando Sariñana, Atlético San Pancho (2001) by Gustavo Loza: Amar te duele (2002) by Fernando Sariñana; Amor extremo (2006) by Chava Cartas; Las niñas mal (2007) by Fernando Sariñana; Enemigos íntimos (2007) by Fernando Sariñana. In 2006, she wrote and directed the segment Dos meses de renta of the film Sexo, amor y otras perversiones.
