Before joining greenspace scotland Carla was working as a Programmer for the Renfrewshire Leisure Arts Team, curating and managing the music and performance programme for Paisley Arts Centre and other venues around Renfrewshire. She also works with the Sofar Sounds Glasgow team putting on gigs in unusual spaces around the city and showcasing local musicians throughout the year.

Carla moved Scotland in early 2018 to join Dundee Rep Theatre as a Producer and has mostly worked as a freelance producer and facilitator for the past 10 years, working in theatre, multimedia and site-specific projects across all of the UK and internationally, working with independent artists, companies and music and outdoors festivals including Electric Fields in Dumfries and the Royal National Theatre's River Stage Festival in London.