Carolina got to know Alfalit in 2001 when she attended a training session in Santiago de Chile, where she worked helping literacy classes especially tailored for older women. Carolina holds a Degree in Basic General Education from Universidad Metropolitana de las Ciencias de la Education in Santiago, Chile. She taught at the School of the Redeemer in Chile and for the Municipality of Maipu, also in Chile, and for 14 years as the Director of Taller Infantil El Redentor in Costa Rica. Carolina and her husband, Carlos, are the parents of two children.