Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Carmen Gonzalez attended Manual Arts Senior High School where she graduated Salutatorian in 2003. She pursued her interest in Finance and received a Bachelors of Science in Accounting at the University of Southern California in 2007. While attending USC, Carmen interned at Reback Lee & Company, Inc., a business management, production accounting firm. Currently she works at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as a Senior Tax Associate in the Private Company Services/ Private Financial Services sector.